I'll have a more complete write-up shortly, but I wanted to say that watching NBC Sports I realized why the Blues aren't scoring in this series.




Yes, that's right - Kevin Shattenkirk was wearing his hat backwards. (Every Blues fan here knows the significance of this.)

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As noted in the header, Vladimir Tarasenko is in the lineup. Adam Cracknell goes to the press box. Lines per Jeremy Rutherford:

Schwartz - Backes - Steen
Perron - Berglund - Oshie
McDonald - Sobotka - Stewart
Tarasenko - Porter - Reaves

Bouwmeester - Pietrangelo
Leopold - Shattenkirk
Jackman - Polak

Elliott
Halak


And lines for the Kings:

Brown - Kopitar - Williams
King - Richards - Carter
Penner - Stoll - Lewis
Clifford - Fraser

Regehr - Doughty
Scuderi - Martinez
Muzzin - Voynov
Ellerby

Quick
Bernier


Which indicates that the Kings will again go with 7 defensemen. Tarasenko is slated to start on the 4th line, but could (will) move up as the game goes along - so don't read too much into that.

I'm not sure I'm thrilled about the Blues lines, mainly because we've seen that they've struggled to score - but if Tarasenko moves off the 4th line, expect things to get shuffled pretty well. That's where we'll see if new combinations respond in a positive way.

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Game time is 9:00pm Central. Be ready for a late night.

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