Scouting the Blues

This is the second of four meetings this season between the Kings and St. Louis Blues, following the Kings’ 5-0 victory at Staples Center on Oct. 18. The Blues hit their low-water mark a couple weeks later, and since Ken Hitchcock replaced Davis Payne as coach, the Blues have a 4-0-2 record. Overall, they’re a fantastic 7-1-1 at home this season. St. Louis will be without Chris Stewart, who is serving the final game of a three-game suspension. A reminder that tonight’s game has an early start — 4:30 p.m. Pacific time — and is a national broadcast on Versus only. For the latest on the Blues, check out today’s item from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, followed by the expected lineups for the Kings and the Blues…

Oshie will play; Blues expect tight game with Kings

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KINGS LINEUP
Gagne-Kopitar-Williams
Loktionov-Richards-Brown
Clifford-Stoll-Hunter
Moreau-Fraser-Westgarth

Johnson-Doughty
Mitchell-Voynov
Scuderi-Greene

Bernier
Quick

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BLUES LINEUP
Alexander Steen-David Backes-T.J. Oshie
Vladimir Sobotka-Patrik Berglund-Matt D’Agostini
Chris Porter-Jason Arnott-Jamie Langenbrunner
Brett Sterling-Scott Nichol-Ryan Reaves

Barret Jackman-Kevin Shattenkirk
Ian Cole-Alex Pietrangelo
Kris Russell-Roman Polak

Jaroslav Halak
Brian Elliott