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St. Louis Blues (32-31-12, 76 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (50-15-10, 110 pts) <\/p>\n

Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Sunday, April 1
Time: 9:30 pm EST
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St. Louis Blues News & Notes:<\/p>\n

The Blues snapped a two-game skid with a 6-2 win over the Ducks. They have points in seven of their last eight games, averaging 3.1 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:<\/p>\n

Colorado picked up a 2-0 win over the Stars yesterday afternoon. They\u2019ve won two of their last three games, averaging 5.7 goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game. Colorado is closing in on the Presidents\u2019 Trophy. <\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud
Neighbours-Buchnevich-Kyrou
Drouin-Dvorsky-Stenberg
Suter-Sundqvist-Walker<\/p>\n

Broberg-Mailloux
Lindstein-Parayko
Fowler-Tucker<\/p>\n

Hofer
Binnington<\/p>\n

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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:<\/p>\n

Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas
Landeskog-Nelson-Nichushkin
Kelly-Kadri-Kiviranta
Colton-Drury-O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n

Toews-Malinski
Kulak-Manson
Burns-Blankenburg<\/p>\n

Blackwood
Wedgewood<\/p>\n

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St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n

Dalibor Dvorsky had the Blues\u2019 lone goal in their loss to Colorado back in December.<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

Valeri Nichushkin had a hat trick in Colorado\u2019s win over St. Louis back on December 31st.<\/p>\n

Injury Report:<\/p>\n

St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n

None<\/p>\n

Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n

F\u00a0Nicolas Roy\u00a0\u2013 DTD
D Cale Makar \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n

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