At the Rink: Blues at Stars
Sunday, 03.15.2015 / 5:00 PM
By Steve Hunt - NHL.com Correspondent / 2014-2015 At the Rink blog
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BLUES (43-20-5) at STARS (32-27-10)

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DALLAS -- Neither the St. Louis Blues nor the Dallas Stars held a morning skate Sunday in advance of their game at American Airlines Center.

St. Louis (43-20-5, 91 points) played Saturday, losing 3-1 at home to the Minnesota Wild, and is beginning a six-game, 10-day road trip.

Goalie Jake Allen will start for the Blues. He hasn't played since March 1 at the Vancouver Canucks.

Dallas (32-27-10, 74 points), which is starting a four-game homestand after going 4-1-0 during its recent road trip, held an optional practice Saturday at its headquarters in Frisco, Texas. Rookie defenseman John Klingberg, who was expected to return Sunday after missing the past two games with an upper-body injury, was ruled out by coach Lindy Ruff about 90 minutes before game time.

“John’s a good player and we’ll get him in as soon as he’s ready,” Ruff said.

The Stars last played Friday, a 4-2 win at the Washington Capitals.

Goalie Kari Lehtonen, who is 8-1-2 in his past 11 decisions, is the likely starter for Dallas, his fourth consecutive start.

Here are the projected lineups:

BLUES

Chris Porter – David Backes - T.J. Oshie

Jaden Schwartz – Jori Lehtera – Vladimir Tarasenko

Alexander Steen – Paul Stastny – Dmitrij Jaskin

Patrik Berglund – Steve Ott – Ryan Reaves

Carl Gunnarsson – Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester – Zbynek Michalek

Barret Jackman – Robert Bortuzzo

Jake Allen

Brian Elliott

Injured: Olli Jokinen (upper body), Kevin Shattenkirk (abdominal surgery)

Scratched: Chris Butler, Marcel Goc, Petteri Lindbohm

STARS

Jamie Benn – Cody Eakin – Tyler Seguin

Antoine Roussel – Jason Spezza – Ales Hemsky

Curtis McKenzie – Shawn Horcoff – Brett Ritchie

Patrick Eaves – Vernon Fiddler – Colton Sceviour

Alex Goligoski - jamie Oleksiak

Jordie Benn – Jason Demers

Patrik Nemeth – Jyrki Jokipakka

Kari Lehtonen

Jhonas Enroth

Injured: Trevor Daley (lower body), Travis Moen (upper body), Valeri Nichushkin (hip), John Klingberg (upper body)

Scratched: Ryan Garbutt

Status report: Berglund will likely be appearing in his 500th career game. … Garbutt is a healthy scratch for a third consecutive game.

Who's hot: Oshie, who leads the NHL in points per game on the road, has five points (four assists) in his past three road games. … Stastny has nine points (five goals) in his past six games against Dallas. … Fiddler has five goals in his past six games, giving him a career-high 12 for the season. Horcoff has four points (two goals, two assists) in his past five games. Sceviour has four points (three assists) in his past four games.

Oliver wrote:Berglund is out again? No Lindbolm or Jokinen? I think these lineups are incorrect..and I have never heard of Steve Hunt.

rcbcmr wrote:Hear Ye hear Ye all hail the Oliver giver of lines for GDT.

thanks for the help. LGB!!!!!!

Oliver wrote:Looks like Steve Ott is a healthy scratch.

I guess we can throw the idea of Hitch being in love with Ott out the window..

Oliver wrote:

rcbcmr wrote:Hear Ye hear Ye all hail the Oliver giver of lines for GDT.

thanks for the help. LGB!!!!!!

Lol..wrong lines it looks like. I will update them when JR updates us.


For some reason it will not let me edit the post I just posted of the lines etc..

Anyway..

Jaskin-Backes-Oshie
Schwartz-Lehtera-Tarasenko
Steen-Stastny-Berglund
Jokinen-Goc-Reaves


Gunnarsson-Pietrangelo
Lindbohm-Bouwmeester
Jackman-Michalek

T.C. wrote:the edit window is like 10 minutes. i can bump it if folks want.

barnburner wrote:Blues 0
Northstars 2

Robb_K wrote:Lousy job on that power play. Where's the urgency and will to win?