Jake Neighbours will return to the lineup for the St. Louis Blues [http://thn.com/stlouis] (20-26-9), who play two road games before shutting things down for the Olympic break when they face the Nashville Predators [http://thn.com/nashville] (25-23-6) on Monday at 7 p.m., according to the team. The forward missed Saturday's 5-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets [http://thn.com/columbus] with an upper-body injury, stemming from a hit against the Florida Panthers [http://thn.com/florida]' Gustav Forsling last Thursday. Neighbours will replace Robby Fabbri in the lineup. The other change includes Mathieu Joseph going in for Nathan Walker. Joel Hofer will get the start in goal, meaning Hofer and Binnington have altered starts for nine straight games. The Blues, who will play the Dallas Stars [http://thn.com/dallas] on Wednesday and enter tonight on an eight-game road losing streak, are on their dad's trip [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/players/what-s-been-a-tough-go-in-2025-26-dad-s-can-bring-some-light-to-blues-season]. - - - Blues Projected Lineup: Brayden Schenn-Dalibor Dvorsky-Jimmy Snuggerud Jake Neighbours-Pavel Buchnevich-Jordan Kyrou Jonatan Berggren-Pius Suter-Nick Bjugstad Alexey Toropchenko-Oskar Sundqvist-Mathieu Joseph Philip Broberg-Colton Parayko Tyler Tucker-Justin Faulk Cam Fowler-Logan Mailloux Joel Hofer will start in goal; Jordan Binnington will be the backup. Healthy scratches include Robby Fabbri, Nathan Walker and Matthew Kessel. Robert Thomas (leg) and Dylan Holloway (high ankle sprain) are out. - - - Predators Projected Lineup: Filip Forsberg-Ryan O’Reilly-Luke Evangelista Michael Bunting-Erik Haula-Steven Stamkos Cole Smith-Michael McCarron-Jonathan Marchessault Matthew Wood-Tyson Jost-Ozzy Wiesblatt Brady Skjei-Roman Josi Adam Wilsby-Nick Perbix Nick Blankenburg-Justin Barron Juuse Saros will start in goal; Justus Annunen will be the backup. The healthy scratch includes Andreas Englund. Nicolas Hague (lower body) is out. St. Louis Blues Weekly Prospect Report (Feb. 1) [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/e945e5f8-dd34-485b-b285-9fcae11f3a68.jpeg] St. Louis Blues Weekly Prospect Report (Feb. 1) Ralph plays in outdoor game in Pennsylvania; Carbonneau keeps scoring; Jiricek piling up assists; Fischer puts up four-game point streak; Mrsic finally breaks through [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/st-louis-blues/latest-news/st-louis-blues-weekly-prospect-report-feb-1] Image [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/b5283b20-f027-4cb6-98d2-6adf4dcb74ce.jpeg] For action-packed issues, access to the entire magazine archive and a free issue, subscribe to The Hockey News at THN.com/free [https://thehockeynews.store/products/print-subscription]. Get the latest news and trending stories by subscribing to our newsletter here [http://eepurl.com/i7OC4I]. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on THN.com or creating your own post in our community forum.
