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Jakub Vrana's debut with the St. Louis Blues will have to wait.
Vrana's flight was delayed by a snowstorm in Detroit that saw as many as 10 inches of snow fall in parts of the city. He isn't expected to arrive in Los Angeles until late Saturday afternoon, and not in time to get prepared to play the Los Angeles Kings at 9:30 p.m. CT (BSMW, 101 ESPN).
"He gets in too late," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said.

Without Vrana, Berube is expected to keep his lineup largely the same with the exception of Tyler Tucker re-entering the lineup in place of Robert Bortuzzo on defense.
Jordan Binnington is expected to start in goal.
Below is a projected lineup for the game based on Saturday's practice at Crypto.com Arena.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Buchnevich - Thomas - Kapanen
Saad - Schenn - Kyrou
Blais - Brown - Leivo
Toropchenko - Alexandrov - Pitlick
Defense
Leddy - Parayko
Scandella - Faulk
Tucker - Krug
Goalie
Binnington