Projected Lineup: Jan. 23 vs. Ottawa

ST. LOUIS - The Blues' lineup will be a bit fluid tonight as the club will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen when they host the Ottawa Senators at 7 p.m. at Scottrade Center (FSMW, FSGO, KMOX).
"One of the benefits of only dressing 11 forwards is there is a little bit of extra ice time to go around," Blues Head Coach Mike Yeo said after the team's optional practice this morning. "Whether it's a guy like Vladimir (Tarasenko) or somebody going well in the game, we can get them some extra shifts."

Jaden Schwartz won't be one of the 11 forwards dressing tonight, although
Yeo said Monday Schwartz has been medically-cleared
and is close to returning. Scottie Upshall will return to the lineup tonight after missing three games as a healthy scratch.
Chris Thorburn, Magnus Paajarvi and Oskar Sundqvist are expected to be healthy scratches.
Carter Hutton will start in goal. Hutton was pulled after giving up three goals on 12 shots in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Arizona Coyotes.
"We wanted to play him last game because we felt like he deserved to play that game. The way that we came out, it didn't really feel like we gave him a chance in that one," Yeo said. "We pulled him, it wasn't his fault. He'll get the chance to respond here, today."
Here is the projected lineup, although combinations are likely to change throughout the game:

Forwards

Ivan Barbashev - Paul Stastny - Vladimir Tarasenko
Alexander Steen - Brayden Schenn - Dmitrij Jaskin
Vladimir Sobotka - Patrik Berglund - Tage Thompson
Scottie Upshall - Kyle Brodziak

Defense

Joel Edmundson - Alex Pietrangelo
Jay Bouwmeester - Colton Parayko
Vince Dunn - Robert Bortuzzo
Carl Gunnarsson

Goalie

Carter Hutton