(10-3-26) Blues-Avalanche Gameday Lineup

A convincing 4-0 win against the Dallas Stars in Dallas on Friday was nice for the St. Louis Blues, but how do they follow that performance up just 24 hours later?

And against another Central Division toughie in the Colorado Avalanche, who by the way just dusted the Los Angeles Kings, 8-4, in their opener on Wednesday.

But what the Blues did Friday was a solid step in the right direction if they want to enter the conversation to be among the top teams, and to be considered a contender for the playoffs, among a very ultra-competitive division.

We’ll keep the information limited today since the Blues will not be holding a morning skate, and coach Jim Montgomery will address lineup changes and such at 6:45 p.m. (CT) before the puck drops at 8 p.m. on Blue Note+, ESPN 101.1-FM (use this link to determine where you can watch/what channel game will be on:

What we do know is that Alexey Toropchenko will not play tonight and both Dillon Dube and Zach Dean will play, each making his season debut and Ross Johnston also being a healthy scratch in a game that should be filled with more speed.

After a 25-save shutout by Joel Hofer, Jordan Binnington gets the cage on the second of back-to-back games.

Also, no further discipline was given on the kneeing/game misconduct penalty that defenseman Brandon Carlo got on his infraction against Stars center Roope Hintz early in the third period, and it means, Justin Barron, claimed off waivers from the Nashville Predators last week, will sit for a second straight game.

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Blues Projected Lineup:

Dylan Holloway-Robert Thomas-Jimmy Snuggerud

Pavel Buchnevich-Mason McTavish-Connor McMichael

Jake Neighbours-Dalibor Dvorsky-Jonatan Berggren

Zach Dean-Pius Suter-Dillon Dube

Philip Broberg-Colton Parayko

Theo Lindstein-Brandon Carlo

Cam Fowler-Adam Jiricek

Jordan Binnington will start in goal; Joel Hofer will be the backup.

Healthy scratches include Ross Johnston and Justin Barron. Alexey Toropchenko (upper body) is out. Tyler Tucker (knee) will be re-evaluated in six weeks, and Logan Mailloux (hand) will be re-evaluated in eight weeks; each is on injured-reserve.

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Avalanche Projected Lineup:

Artturi Lehkonen-Nathan MacKinnon-Martin Necas

Gabriel Landeskog-Brock Nelson-Nazem Kadri

Jaden Schwartz-Fedor Svechkov-T.J. Hughes

Parker Kelly-Nicolas Roy

Devon Toews-Cale Makar

Brett Kulak-Sam Malinski

Josh Manson-Brent Burns

Noah Juulsen

Mackenzie Blackwood will start in goal; Scott Wedgewood will be the backup.

The Avalanche have no healthy scratches. Logan O’Connor (lower body) and  Zachary L’Heureax (lower body) are out out.

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