Blues at Wild projected lineups

BLUES (19-18-4) at WILD (25-11-4)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, FDSNMW

Blues projected lineup

Brandon Saad -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich

Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou

Jake Neighbours -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Zack Bolduc

Alexey Toropchenko -- Nathan Walker -- Alexandre Texier

Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko

Philip Broberg – Justin Faulk

Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Mathieu Joseph

Injured: Radek Faksa (lower body), Nick Leddy (lower body)

Wild projected lineup

Matt Boldy -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Ryan Hartman

Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Yakov Trenin

Devin Shore -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Ben Jones

Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber

Jonas Brodin -- Zach Bogosian

Jon Merrill -- Declan Chisholm

Filip Gustavsson

Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Travis Dermott

Injured: Jakub Lauko (upper body), Kirill Kaprizov (lower body), Jared Spurgeon (lower body)

Status report

Faulk will play after missing two games with an upper-body injury. … Faksa skated Tuesday and is nearing a return; the forward has missed 11 of the past 12 games. … Bolduc is back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch for a 6-4 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. ... Middleton was activated from long-term injured reserve Tuesday and could return after missing 11 games with an upper-body injury. ... Kaprizov, a forward, remains day to day and will miss his sixth game in a row. ... The Wild reassigned forwards Travis Boyd and Brendan Gaunce and defenseman Carson Lambos to Iowa of the American Hockey League on Tuesday.