The St. Louis Blues will conclude their four-game Canadian road swing when they face the Vancouver Canucks (14-8-4) at Rogers Place on Wednesday (9 p.m.; FDSNMW, ESPN 101.1-FM). Hofer to start, Joseph to come in on blue line; Blues look to take three of four on road trip The Blues (13-13-2) are coming off their first regulation loss under Jim Montgomery on Saturday, 4-2 against the Edmonton Oilers, but are 4-1-1 since the coaching change on Nov. 24 and will continue to need to play at a high level like they are in order to remain in the Western Conference playoff race. At the moment, the Blues are four points out of a wild card spot and six points out of third in the Central Division. As far as lineups are concerned, Montgomery told reporters that defenseman Philip Broberg will play after taking a maintenance day at the morning skate. Dylan Holloway, who is the player to watch tonight and is on a six-game point streak (five goals, four assists) [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/players/st-louis-blues-player-to-watch-vs-vancouver-canucks-dylan-holloway], will go back up to play with Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou, flipping positions with Brandon Saad, and Pierre-Olivier Joseph will slot back in after being a healthy scratch Saturday, replacing Scott Perunovich. Joel Hofer will get the start in goal, and the Blues backup to Jordan Binnington, has won his past two starts allowing just three goals on 52 shots (.942 save percentage) and a 1.50 goals-against average. He will oppose Thatcher Demko, making his first start his season due to a lower-body injury. - - - Blues Projected Lineup: Jake Neighbours-Robert Thomas-Pavel Buchnevich Dylan Holloway-Brayden Schenn-Jordan Kyrou Brandon Saad-Oskar Sundqvist-Zack Bolduc Alexey Toropchenko-Radek Faksa-Nathan Walker Philip Broberg-Colton Parayko Ryan Suter-Justin Faulk Pierre-Olivier Joseph-Matthew Kessel Joel Hofer will start in goal; Jordan Binnington will be the backup. Healthy scratches include Mathieu Joseph, Scott Perunovich and Alexandre Texier. Nick Leddy (lower body) is out. Torey Krug (ankle) is out for the season. - - - Canucks Projected Lineup: Jake DeBrusk-Elias Pettersson-Brock Boeser Dakota Joshua-Pius Suter-Conor Garland Nils Hoglander-Teddy Blueger-Kiefer Sherwood Max Sasson-Aatu Raty-Danton Heinen Quinn Hughes-Tyler Myers Carson Soucy-Noah Juulsen Erik Brannstrom-Vincent Desharnais Thatcher Demko will start in goal; Kevin Lankinen will be the backup. The healthy scratch includes Mark Friedman. Filip Hronek (upper body) and Derek Forbort (knee) are out. J.T. Miller (personal) is on a leave of absence. Image [https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjA5MjcwNjk1MDQ0MDY0NDYy/subscribe2024-front-banner.jpg]
