Projected Lineup: Nov. 22 vs. Vegas

Only one lineup change is expected for Monday night when the St. Louis Blues host the Vegas Golden Knights at 7 p.m. at Enterprise Center (BSMW, 101 ESPN).
Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said Robert Bortuzzo got "dinged up" during Saturday's game in Dallas, so Niko Mikkola will take his place in the lineup alongside Marco Scandella.
It will be Mikkola's third game of the season and first since Nov. 4 vs. San Jose.

"He played a couple solid games and got COVID, (so it's) unfortunate," Berube said. "We've been wanting to get him back in there. Big body, aggressive, difficult to play against… He played a couple good games before COVID hit him. Hopefully he can feed off that and get going again."
"It's pretty tough sometimes," Mikkola said of being out of the lineup. "But I just need to keep working hard and be ready for when I get the call to play. It is what it is… it's been long days, but I'm excited now and excited to get back in."
Brayden Schenn (upper-body injury) skated Monday but won't play just yet. Berube said Schenn is "very close" to returning.
Below is a projected lineup based on Monday's morning skate.

PROJECTED LINEUP

Forwards
Kyrou - O'Reilly - Perron
Buchnevich - Thomas - Tarasenko
Saad - Sundqvist - Barbashev
Kostin - Bozak - Neal
Defense
Krug - Parayko
Perunovich - Faulk
Mikkola - Scandella
Goalie
Binnington