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St. Louis Blues Face Off Against Old Friends in Visit to Calgary Flames

By Patrick Karraker

Mar 14, 2016; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; St. Louis Blues center Paul Stastny (26) celebrates his goal against the Calgary Flames during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary Flames won 7-4. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 14, 2016; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; St. Louis Blues center Paul Stastny (26) celebrates his goal against the Calgary Flames during the third period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Calgary Flames won 7-4. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 15, 2015; Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN; St. Louis Blues left wing Magnus Paajarvi (56) prior to the game against the Winnipeg Jets at MTS Centre. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Fedyck-USA TODAY Sports /

Projected Lineup

Ken Hitchcock has rotated the trio of Dmitrij Jaskin, Magnus Paajarvi, and Ty Rattie in and out of the lineup rather frequently this season, and with Jaskin having played Thursday, it’s quite possible that Paajarvi or Rattie could replace him on Saturday. Paajarvi and Jaskin each have one point through three games this season, while Rattie was held pointless in his only regular season game.

Defenseman Carl Gunnarsson, who has missed the past two games due to injury, could return in Calgary. He’d likely bump Robert Bortuzzo from the lineup in that case, but since Hitchcock seems to prefer Bortuzzo over Gunnarsson in some situations anyway, it seems as if Gunnarsson may need to return to 100 percent health before he gets back in the lineup.

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Here’s how Saturday’s lineup could look:

Robby Fabbri-Paul Stastny-Alexander Steen

David Perron-Jaden Schwartz-Vladimir Tarasenko

Dmitrij Jaskin-Patrik Berglund-Nail Yakupov

Scottie Upshall-Kyle Brodziak-Ryan Reaves

Jay Bouwmeester-Alex Pietrangelo

Carl Gunnarsson-Kevin Shattenkirk

Joel Edmundson-Colton Parayko

Jake Allen

Update: According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Jeremy Rutherford, there could be some rather radical lineup changes in store for Saturday night’s game. The Fabbri-Stastny-Steen line will be reunited, while Jaden Schwartz will start at center between David Perron and Vladimir Tarasenko. Dmitrij Jaskin will remain on the third line, while Carl Gunnarsson will return and play alongside Kevin Shattenkirk.

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