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As the St. Louis Blues resume their schedule following the NHL All-Star break and bye week, the team will be getting a huge boost to the lineup for Saturday's matchup against the Arizona Coyotes (7 p.m., BSMW, 101 ESPN).
Pavel Buchnevich, who missed four games before the break due to an ankle infection, Ryan O'Reilly, who missed 14 games with a broken ankle, and Robert Thomas, who missed two games with a lower-body injury before the break, were all skating in line rushes Saturday morning and all will return to the lineup.

Buchnevich and O'Reilly were skating on the same line on Saturday alongside Brandon Saad, while Thomas was with Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou.
Sammy Blais also is expected to play after being re-acquired by the team in a trade that sent Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers on Thursday. Blais was skating with Noel Acciari and Ivan Barbashev, which is a line Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said he hopes will provide an identity for the club who is looking to climb back into the playoff picture.
Below is a projected lineup based on Saturday's morning skate at Centene Community Ice Center.

O'Reilly ahead of return to lineup vs. ARI

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Saad - O'Reilly - Buchnevich
Schenn - Thomas - Kyrou
Blais - Acciari - Barbashev
Toropchenko - Walker - Pitlick
Defense
Leddy - Parayko
Krug - Faulk
Tucker - Rosen
Goalie
Binnington