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UPDATE: Torey Krug will not be in the lineup Thursday due to an upper-body injury. He is considered day-to-day. Calle Rosen is expected to take Krug's spot in the lineup.
No changes to the forward lines or defense pairs are expected Thursday as the St. Louis Blues begin a four-game road trip at SAP Center in San Jose (9:30 p.m. CT, BSMW, 101 ESPN).
The Blues matched a franchise-best 13 game point streak (11-0-2) on Tuesday night against Boston and will be looking to set a new franchise record at 14 tonight against the Sharks.

Speaking of streaks, Robert Thomas has the longest active point streak in the NHL - and the longest by a Blue this season - at 14 games (seven goals, 19 assists). It's also the longest by a Blue since Pierre Turgeon had a 15-game point streak during the 1999-2000 season.
Linemates Pavel Buchnevich (11 games - seven goals, 13 assists) and Vladimir Tarasenko (seven games - eight goals, nine assists) are also on impressive point streaks entering Thursday's matchup against the Sharks.
Jordan Binnington is expected to start in goal on Thursday night as he was the first goalie off the ice in practice.
Below is a projected lineup based on the morning skate in San Jose.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Saad - O'Reilly - Perron
Buchnevich - Thomas - Tarasenko
Barbashev - Schenn - Kyrou
Joshua - Brown - Walker
Defense
Scandella - Parayko
Leddy - Faulk
Rosen - Bortuzzo
Goalie
Binnington