Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nSt. Louis Blues News & Notes<\/p>\n
The Blues open the 2026-27 season Friday night in Dallas without two defensemen. Alex Steen said Tyler Tucker is week-to-week and will seek a second opinion on his knee, while Logan Mailloux underwent surgery on a broken hand sustained in a fight with Chicago\u2019s Cole Smith and is out at least eight weeks before being re-evaluated. Both begin the year on injured reserve. Jim Montgomery declined to reveal his pairings but pointed to the club\u2019s defensive depth.<\/p>\n
St. Louis reshuffled the blue line in response, claiming Justin Barron off waivers from Nashville and recalling Adam Jiricek from Springfield. Barron appeared in 52 games for the Predators last season with nine assists, 60 blocked shots and 37 hits. Jiricek, who posted 59 points in 55 OHL games with Brantford, is on the opening night roster and will see power-play time. Calle Rosen and goaltender Georgi Romanov were placed on waivers for assignment to Springfield. The Blues went 1-3-0 in the preseason. <\/p>\n
Dallas Stars News & Notes<\/p>\n
Dallas opened its exhibition schedule with a 2-1 win in St. Louis on Sept. 19. Arttu Hyry scored 16 seconds into the game off a feed from Cameron Hughes, and Jack Becker added the winner in the second period after collecting a loose puck and beating Jordan Binnington in alone. Remi Poirier started in goal for the Stars after a 27-19-8 season with the AHL\u2019s Texas Stars. Dallas held a 12-7 shot edge in the opening period.<\/p>\n
The Stars signed goaltender Casey DeSmith to a two-year, $5 million extension on Sept. 29, a day after announcing their initial roster for the 2026-27 season. Forward Matt Duchene was placed on LTIR yesterday ahead of this game. In July, Dallas added defenseman Kyle Burroughs on a one-year, two-way contract; he had seven points in 18 games with the Ontario Reign last season and has 201 games of NHL experience. The club\u2019s social media hashtag remains #TexasHockey. <\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Dylan Holloway \u2013 Robert Thomas \u2013 Jimmy Snuggerud<\/p>\n
Line 2: Connor McMichael \u2013 Mason McTavish \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich<\/p>\n
Line 3: Jake Neighbours \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky \u2013 Jonatan Berggren<\/p>\n
Line 4: Alexey Toropchenko \u2013 Pius Suter \u2013 Dillon Dube<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Theo Lindstein \u2013 Colton Parayko<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Philip Broberg \u2013 Justin Barron<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Cam Fowler \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Joel Hofer \u2013 Jordan Binnington<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Jimmy Snuggerud \u2013 Robert Thomas \u2013 Dylan Holloway \u2013 Philip Broberg \u2013 Mason McTavish<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Jake Neighbours \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich \u2013 Dalibor Dvorsky \u2013 Connor McMichael \u2013 Cam Fowler<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Pius Suter \u2013 Alexey Toropchenko \u2013 Philip Broberg \u2013 Colton Parayko<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Robert Thomas \u2013 Pavel Buchnevich \u2013 Cam Fowler \u2013 Brandon Carlo<\/p>\n
Dallas Stars Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Justin Hryckowian \u2013 Wyatt Johnston \u2013 Mikko Rantanen<\/p>\n
Line 2: Jason Robertson \u2013 Roope Hintz \u2013 Tyler Seguin<\/p>\n
Line 3: Joel Kiviranta \u2013 Arttu Hyry \u2013 Jamie Benn<\/p>\n
Line 4: Oskar Back \u2013 Radek Faksa \u2013 Sam Steel<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Thomas Harley \u2013 Miro Heiskanen<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Esa Lindell \u2013 Nils Lundkvist<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Lian Bichsel \u2013 Tyler Myers<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Jake Oettinger \u2013 Casey DeSmith<\/p>\n
Dallas Stars Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Wyatt Johnston \u2013 Roope Hintz \u2013 Mikko Rantanen \u2013 Miro Heiskanen \u2013 Jason Robertson<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Jamie Benn \u2013 Sam Steel \u2013 Justin Hryckowian \u2013 Tyler Seguin \u2013 Thomas Harley<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Radek Faksa \u2013 Oskar Back \u2013 Esa Lindell \u2013 Miro Heiskanen<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Sam Steel \u2013 Joel Kiviranta \u2013 Thomas Harley \u2013 Tyler Myers<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Dylan Holloway \u2014 St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
Holloway fired seven shots last time out and logged 23:13, easily the heaviest shot volume on the Blues that night, yet he came away without a point. That combination of ice time and attempts makes him the obvious name for a shots-on-goal prop, and the goal figures to follow if the usage holds.<\/p>\n
Thomas Harley \u2014 Dallas Stars<\/p>\n
Harley scored and put three shots on net in 21:56 last game, the most minutes of any Dallas skater who found the scoresheet. With Matt Duchene out, the Stars need offence from the back end, and Harley\u2019s willingness to shoot makes him a live option for a defenceman point tonight.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n
Tyler Tucker (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Knee, expected back Thursday, November 12<\/p>\n
Felix Trudeau (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Logan Mailloux (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hand, expected back Wednesday, November 25<\/p>\n
Dallas Stars<\/p>\n
Matt Duchene (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Sunday, October 25<\/p>\n
Harrison Scott (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Thursday, October 8<\/p>\n
Luke Krys (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Cameron Hughes (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Monday, October 5<\/p>\n
Tristan Bertucci (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Monday, October 5<\/p>\n
Jaxon Fuder (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Monday, October 5<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
St. Louis Blues: visit the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, October 3.<\/p>\n
Dallas Stars: visit the Nashville Predators on Saturday, October 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jerome Miron \u2013 Imagn Images The St. Louis Blues visit the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[73000,2322,58171,71,16331,4808,147,1296,5,5236,1268,4168,3714,4166,2876,4,5573,534,84,5285,5284,2392,1822],"class_list":["post-676831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-louis-blues","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-american-airlines-center","tag-arttu-hyry","tag-blues","tag-cameron-hughes","tag-casey-desmith","tag-dallas-stars","tag-dylan-holloway","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-jordan-binnington","tag-justin-barron","tag-line-combinations","tag-logan-mailloux","tag-matt-duchene","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-st-louis","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-stlouis","tag-stlouisblues","tag-thomas-harley","tag-tyler-tucker"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117371410165805899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676831","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=676831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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