The Blues are set to host the New York Rangers tonight at the Scottrade Center.
Paul Stastny, Jori Lehtera, and Joakim Lindstrom will make their regular season debuts tonight. Meanwhile, we'll see some old familiar faces in the line up as well.
The Blues are coming off another disappointing first round exit, while the Rangers are coming off a Stanley Cup finals loss to the Kings. Both teams will have something to prove, so both should come out flying even the puck drops.
The line combos for tonight are as follows;
Alexander Steen - David Backes -TJ Oshie
Patrik Berglund - Paul Stastny - Vladimir Tarasenko
Jaden Schwartz - Jori Lehtera - Joakim Lindstrom
Steve Ott - Maxim Lapierre - Ryan Reaves
Ian Cole - Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester - Kevin Shattenkirk
Barret Jackman - Jordan Leopold
Brian Elliott
Jake Allen
Magnus Paajarvi and Chris Porter are the healthy scratches.
The Rangers line up;
Chris Kreider - Martin St. Louis - Rick Nash
Carl Hagelin - Derick Brassard - Mats Zuccarello
Anthony Duclair - J.T. Miller - Lee Stempniak
Tanner Glass - Dominic Moore - Jesper Fast
Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi
Marc Staal - Dan Boyle
John Moore Kevin Klein
Henrik Lundqvist
Ryan Malone and Matt Hunwick well be the scratches for the Rangers.
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