{"id":493310,"date":"2026-03-08T15:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/493310\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:37:12","slug":"nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-anaheim-ducks-with-line-combinations-3-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/493310\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 3\/8\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_104_01kbekwdwpwk34hp18we-e1772983994454.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"St. Louis Blues vs. Anaheim Ducks\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues (24-29-9) at Anaheim Ducks (35-24-3)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Honda Center<br \/>Date: Sunday, March 8<br \/>Time: 9:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: FDSNMW\/Victory+\/KCOP-13<br \/>Radio: 101 ESPN\/96.7 FM KTCK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are coming off their third straight win for the first time this season after a 3\u20132 overtime victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday. The win was also their first since the trade deadline, where the Blues moved Captain Brayden Schenn and defenseman Justin Faulk. St. Louis has quietly picked up momentum, going 4\u20131\u20130 over its last five games. On the season, the Blues are averaging 2.60 goals per game while allowing 3.37.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Anaheim Ducks are coming off their second straight win after a 6\u20135 shootout victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday. Anaheim has been playing well lately, going 4\u20131\u20130 in its last five games. The Ducks are averaging 3.27 goals per game this season while allowing 3.50. They have already beaten the Blues once this year, earning a 4\u20131 win back in December.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud <br \/>Neighbours-Buchnevich-Kyrou <br \/>Berggren-Dvorsky-Suter <br \/>Toropchenko-Finley-Sundqvist<\/p>\n<p>Walker-Broberg<br \/>Fowler-Tucker<br \/>Kessel-Mailloux <\/p>\n<p>Hofer<br \/>Binnington<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=St.+Louis&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your St. Louis Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Kreider-Carlsson-Gauthier<br \/>Killorn-McTavish-Sennecke<br \/>Vatrano-Poehling-Strome<br \/>Johnston-Washe-Viel<\/p>\n<p>LaCombe-Trouba<br \/>Zellweger-Gudas<br \/>Mintyukov-Moore<\/p>\n<p>Dostal<br \/>Husso<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/anaheim-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=Anaheim&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Anaheim Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Holloway has been on a tear since returning from injury, recording eight points in his last five games with four goals and four assists.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kreider had one goal and three assists in the shootout wins over the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>D Colton Parayko\u00a0\u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>D John Carlson \u2013 OUT<br \/>RW Troy Terry \u2013 DTD<br \/>C Mikael Granlund \u2013 IR<br \/>G Petr Mrazek \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues \u2013 March 10 vs New York Islanders<br \/>Anaheim Ducks \u2013 March 10 at Winnipeg Jets<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jmichel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772984232_455_329cd32b1d6458fb57f9744cb31c74babecf72bf0ba6ea18c123c7af60b4f841.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jmichel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Michel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writer covering the St. Louis Blues | Student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism | Follow me on X for live Blues updates and news: @JoshDMichel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images St. Louis Blues (24-29-9) at Anaheim Ducks (35-24-3) Venue: Honda CenterDate: Sunday, March 8Time:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1542,1739,1296,30296,5,5236,36147,4,45174,19906],"class_list":["post-493310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheimducks","tag-chris-kreider","tag-ducks","tag-dylan-holloway","tag-game-preview","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-news-notes","tag-nhl","tag-players-to-watch","tag-projected-lines"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116194302140458134","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}