Projected Lineup: Dec. 7 vs. Florida

Robert Thomas will indeed miss Tuesday's game against the Florida Panthers with a lower-body injury, giving the Blues only 10 healthy forwards for the game (7 p.m., BSMW, 101 ESPN).
David Perron (upper-body), James Neal (upper-body), Klim Kostin (upper-body) and Thomas are dealing with injuries, and Jordan Binnington, Justin Faulk and Tyler Bozak are still in COVID-19 protocols.
That gives the Blues just 17 skaters against the Panthers - one below the League standard.

"Forwards are going to get a lot of ice time, that's the bottom line," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said of playing shorthanded. "You've got to play smart. You can't force things, you have to have real good line changes, keep your shifts short. Discipline, staying out of the penalty box, we don't need to be killing a lot of penalties. Then go out and play, compete hard and work hard. And (then) you give yourself a chance."
Berube has used defensemen Robert Bortuzzo and Jake Walman at forward in recent games, so it's likely one or both of those guys will skate with the forwards at some point.
"As a coach, you look at it as a challenge, for sure," Berube said. "You present that challenge to your team, just talk about how we should approach this game. Listen, it's the way it is and you have to fight through this stuff."
"This is (a situation) I've never faced in my career, but it is what it is, you can't do anything about it but go play," added defenseman Torey Krug.
Below is a projected lineup based on warm-ups before Tuesday's game.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Saad - O'Reilly - Buchnevich
Kyrou - Schenn - Tarasenko
Barbashev - Brown - Sundqvist
Joshua - - Walman
Defense
Scandella - Parayko
Krug - Mikkola
Perunovich - Bortuzzo
Goalie
Husso