{"id":452546,"date":"2024-10-03T08:50:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=452546"},"modified":"2024-10-02T18:05:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:05:45","slug":"st-louis-blues-give-sneak-peak-possible-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/10\/03\/st-louis-blues-give-sneak-peak-possible-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis Blues Give Sneak Peek to Possible Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The St. Louis Blues<\/a> fell to the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> 3-1 on Tuesday night<\/a> in St. Louis, Missouri. With the preseason winding down, head coach Drew Bannister<\/a> elected to play many regulars in the game. In the process, Bannister gave a sneak peek to what the Blues lineup could look like when the season starts next week.<\/p>\n

Preseason Sneak Peek<\/h3>\n

The Blues sent out these line combinations for Tuesday’s game.<\/p>\n

Forwards<\/h4>\n

Jake Neighbours<\/a> –\u00a0Robert Thomas<\/a> – Jordan Kyrou<\/a><\/p>\n

Zachary Bolduc<\/a> – Pavel Buchnevich<\/a> – Brayden Schenn<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexandre Texier<\/a> – Nathan Walker<\/a> – Alexey Toropchenko<\/a><\/p>\n

Brandon Saad<\/a> – Zach Dean<\/a> – Kasperi Kapanen<\/a><\/p>\n

Defence<\/h4>\n

Philip Broberg<\/a> – Justin Faulk<\/a><\/p>\n

Ryan Suter<\/a> – Pierre-Olivier Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyler Tucker<\/a> – Scott Perunovich<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting Goalie<\/h4>\n

Joel Hofer<\/a><\/p>\n

The Odd-Man Out<\/h3>\n

The first thing to observe is the absence of defenceman Colton Parayko<\/a>. While Tuesday may have been a sneak peek at the line combinations, there will also be some obvious changes when the season starts. Moreover, Parayko will be in the lineup when the season starts.<\/p>\n

The story from Tuesday is actually who played in place of Parayko. Scott Perunovich<\/a> is clearly the odd-man out right now on the Blues defence. While he has not played poorly this preseason, he has not stood out. Perunovich went into this preseason needing to stand out<\/a> in some way. Furthermore, Bannister even acknowledged they were looking for something specific from Perunovich Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Goes without saying, big game for Perunovich.<\/p>\n

Bannister: "It's a good opportunity for him. Every game he's played in, he's been running one of the PP units. It's one of his things he does really well. We want to continue to put him in those situations where he can succeed."<\/p>\n

— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n