Line Combinations: Red Wings at Blues

On Tuesday, the Detroit Red Wings look to snap their recent skid of four losses over their last five games when playing leg two of their four-game road trip, stopping in Missouri to take on the St. Louis Blues. 

It should make for an intriguing matchup as the Blues have also struggled this season with a nearly identical record to the Red Wings outside of one additional extra time loss as St. Louis sits with a 7-8-2 record. 

Detroit will be getting some reinforcements with forwards Marco Kasper and Mason Appleton both returning to the lineup and Kasper making his season debut. It'll be a matchup where the Red Wings would love to build on recent history as they've claimed four wins over their last seven matchups and have been excellent on the road in St. Louis with an 8-3-1 record over their last 12 trips to Missouri. 

It should be a big night for Detroit's top line center Emmitt Finnie, who has scored in two of his three career games versus the Blues and would love to extend his history of success in this matchup.

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*subject to change*

DeBrincant - Finnie - Arvidsson

Brandsegg-Nygard - Copp - Raymond

Rasmussen - Kasper - Kolesar

Mazur - Compher - Appleton

Chiarot - Seider

Wallinder - Faulk

Englund - An. Johansson

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