Blues begin second half of season, league-most 24h road game; Faulk returns; Faksa remains out; Bolduc in
Justin Faulk will return for the St. Louis Blues (19-18-4), when they face the Minnesota Wild (25-11-4) in their NHL-leading 24th road game of the season on Tuesday (7 p.m.; FDSNMW, ESPN 101.1-FM).
Faulk has missed the past two games with an upper-body injury, last playing in the 2025 Discover NHL Winter Classic; he will replace Scott Perunovich in the lineup.
Also, Zack Bolduc, a healthy scratch on Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets, returns to the lineup for Mathieu Joseph.
The Blues begin the second half of their season tonight and third time this season they’ll face the Wild after dropping two games against Minnesota earlier this season on home ice, 4-1 Oct. 15 and 4-2 on Nov. 19.
Radek Faksa (lower-body injury), skated on Monday but will miss his 12th game in the past 13 but is close to returning. Thursday at home against the Anaheim Ducks is a real possibility.
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Blues Projected Lineup:
Brandon Saad-Robert Thomas-Pavel Buchnevich
Dylan Holloway-Brayden Schenn-Jordan Kyrou
Jake Neighbours-Oskar Sundqvist-Zack Bolduc
Alexey Toropchenko-Nathan Walker-Alexandre Texier
Cam Fowler-Colton Parayko
Philip Broberg-Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter-Tyler Tucker
Jordan Binnington will start in goal; Joel Hofer will be the backup.
Healthy scratches include Scott Perunovich and Mathieu Joseph. Radek Faksa (lower body) and Nick Leddy (lower body) are out. Torey Krug (ankle) is out for the season.
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Wild Projected Lineup:
Matt Boldy-Marco Rossi-Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson-Joel Eriksson Ek-Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno-Frederick Gaudreau-Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore-Marat Khusnutdinov-Ben Jones
Jake Middleton-Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin-Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill-Declan Chisholm
Filip Gustavsson will start in goal; Marc-Andre Fleury will be the backup.
Healthy scratch includes Travis Dermott. Jakub Lauko (upper body), Kirill Kaprizov (lower body) and Jared Spurgeon (lower body) are out.
