Thomas will miss Tuesday's game vs. the Panthers due to a lower-body injury and that will force the Blues to play one skater short tonight. Due to cap reasons, the Blues will have to go with 10 forwards and seven defensemen.
Johnston has regularly been a healthy scratch, so it's unclear if he will slot back into the lineup after clearing COVID-19 protocol.
With Binnington going into the NHL's COVID-19 protocol, Charlie Lindgren has been recalled from the AHL and is expected to back-up Ville Husso in Tampa.
McTavish played nine games with the Ducks, so sending him back to the OHL preserves the first year of his entry-level contract. The 18-year-old had two goals and one assist with the Ducks after going No.3 overall in this summer's draft.
Broberg was the No.8 overall pick in the 2019 draft and came over to North America this season after two years in the SHL. The 20-year-old blueliner had 13 points (3G / 10A) in 44 games with Skelleftea AIK last year and has picked up 10 assists in his first 13 AHL games with Bakersfield.
Johnston has been a healthy scratch almost all season, so this probably doesn't change his status for this weekend's back-to-back. He joins Josh Bailey and Anders Lee on the protocol list.
Slater Koekkoek was hurt on Thursday, so Broberg will join the team in Edmonton and could make his NHL debut on Saturday. The 2019 eighth overall pick has picked up 10 assists in 13 AHL games this season.
Sundqvist will play for the first time since March 19th. He suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in a collision with Kyle Clifford in a win over the Sharks that night. Oddly enough, Clifford was waived on Monday to make room for Sundqvist to be activated for tonight's game vs. Arizona.
Krug has missed the last five games while in COVID-19 protocol but will play tonight vs. the Coyotes. Krug had two goals and six assists (eight points) in nine games before entering protocol.
