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Walker will draw back into St. Louis' lineup in Washington on Wednesday.

Mathieu Joseph will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday against the Washington Capitals, allowing Walker to re-enter the Blues' lineup. The 31-year-old Walker has been effective in a bottom-six role for the Blues this season, scoring four points (1G / 3A) and recording a monstrous 42 hits.

Nathan Walker
Mailloux will draw back into St. Louis' lineup on Wednesday in Washington.

Matthew Kessel will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday against the Washington Capitals, allowing Mailloux to re-enter the Blues' lineup. The 22-year-old Mailloux has struggled this season, recording zero points and a -9 plus/minus in eight games.

Logan Mailloux
Kessel will be a healthy scratch in Washington on Wednesday.

Logan Mailloux will draw back into the Blues' lineup on Wednesday against the Washington Capitals, sending Kessel to the press box as a healthy scratch. The 25-year-old Kessel has appeared in five games this season, averaging 10:30 time-on-ice and scoring zero points.

Matthew Kessel
Joseph is expected to be a healthy scratch in Washington on Wednesday.

Nathan Walker will draw back into the Blues' lineup on Wedensday against the Washington Capitals, sending Joseph to the sidelines as a healthy scratch. The 28-year-old Joseph is averaging 12:39 time-on-ice, recording 26 hits and three points (1G / 2A) in 13 games this season.

Mathieu Joseph
Binnington will start in Washington on Wednesday.

The Blues have struggled this season, outscored 53-17 in 13 games (4-7-0), but hope an impressive come-from-behind win on Monday night can right the ship. Binnington was between the pipes in Monday's 3-2 win over the Oilers, saving 24 of 26 shots (.923 SV%), as his team scored three unanswered goals to seal the victory. The 32-year-old Binnington has a 3.08 GAA and .868 SV% in 10 games this season (3-4-2). The Blues enter Wednesday's contest as +130 road underdogs against a Washington Capitals team that is scoring 2.58 goals per game through 12 contests (6-5-1).

Jordan Binnington
Binnington will start against the Oilers on Monday.

The Blues currently rank worst in the league defensively (4.25 GA / GP) and desperately hope that Binnington can find his form when he tends the twine on Monday against the Edmonton Oilers. The 32-year-old Binnington has lost five straight (0-3-2) and has an ugly 3.21 GAA and .860 SV% in nine appearances this season (2-4-2). The Blues enter Monday's contest as +122 home underdogs against an Oilers team that has scored three or more goals in six of their last seven games (4-1-2).

Jordan Binnington
Thomas (upper-body) will return vs. Edmonton on Monday.

Thomas has not played since suffering an upper-body injury on October 25th, but will return to the lineup on Monday against the Edmonton Oilers. The 26-year-old Thomas has six points (1G / 5A) in eight games this season. He is expected to return to a familiar spot on the team's top line with Pavel Buchnevich and Jimmy Snuggerud.

Robert Thomas
Binnington is in the starter's crease at St. Louis' morning skate.

The Blues currently rank worst in the league defensively (4.25 GA / GP) and desperately hope that Binnington can find his form when he tends the twine on Monday against the Edmonton Oilers. The 32-year-old Binnington has lost five straight (0-3-2) and has an ugly 3.21 GAA and .860 SV% in nine appearances this season (2-4-2). The Blues enter Monday's contest as +122 home underdogs against an Oilers team that has scored three or more goals in six of their last seven games (4-1-2).

Jordan Binnington
Binnington will start vs. Vancouver on Thursday.

The Blues have been atrocious defensively lately, having been outscored 26-14 during a five-game losing streak (0-4-1). Binnington returns to the crease on Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks, hoping to rebound after a forgetful performance in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings when he allowed five goals on 19 shots (.789 SV%). The 32-year-old goalie has a 3.27 GAA and .863 SV% in eight appearances this season (2-4-1). The Blues enter Thursday's contest as -146 home favorites against a 5-6-0 Canucks team.

Jordan Binnington
Binnington is in the starter's crease at St. Louis' morning skate.

The Blues have been atrocious defensively lately, having been outscored 26-14 during a five-game losing streak (0-4-1). Binnington returns to the crease on Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks, hoping to rebound after a forgetful performance in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Detroit Red Wings when he allowed five goals on 19 shots (.789 SV%). The 32-year-old goalie has a 3.27 GAA and .863 SV% in eight appearances this season (2-4-1). The Blues enter Thursday's contest as -146 home favorites against a 5-6-0 Canucks team.

Jordan Binnington
Dvorsky will make his season debut on Thursday vs. Vancouver.

Dvorsky was drafted 10th-overall by the Blues in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The 20-year-old Slovak forward played two games with the Blues last season, but spent most of the campaign in the AHL, where he scored 45 points (21G / 24A) in 61 games with the Springfield Thunderbirds.

Dalibor Dvorsky
Neighbours (right leg) has been placed on IR and will be re-evaluated in five weeks.

Neighbours scored two goals in the Blues' 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, but seemingly aggravated a right leg injury. He did not play on Monday and is expected to miss at least five weeks before being reevaluated. The 23-year-old Neighbours had seven points (6G / 1A) in eight games this season before his injury.

Jake Neighbours
Binnington will start Tuesday vs. the Red Wings.

The Blues have been leaky defensively lately, outscored 19-11 during three straight regulation losses, and hope Binnington can shut the door when he tends the twine on Tuesday against the Detroit Red Wings. Binnington was in the Blues' crease on Saturday in a 6-4 loss to the Red Wings when he allowed five goals on 27 shots (.815 SV%). However, aside from that game, the 32-year-old Binnington has been serviceable, significantly outplaying his counterpart Joel Hofer, posting a 1.80 GAA and .911 SV% in his five contests before Saturday's (2-2-1). The Blues enter Tuesday's action as slight -102 home underdogs against the Red Wings.

Jordan Binnington
Toropchenko (upper-body/lower-body) will draw back into St. Louis' lineup in Pittsburgh on Monday.

With Robert Thomas (upper body) and Jake Neighbours (undisclosed) ruled out of Monday's contest against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Alexey Toropchenko and Alexandrew Texier will draw back into the lineup. Toropchenko has only played one game this season after suiting up for 80 and 82 games in the previous two seasons for the Blues.

Alexey Toropchenko