Scouting the Blues

This is Game 2 in the best-of-seven, second-round playoff series between the Kings and the St. Louis Blues. The Kings lead the series 1-0. As noted earlier, the status of Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo will be determined before pregame warmups [UPDATE: Pietrangelo is not expected to play tonight] and the Blues are expected to swap their first- and second-line wingers and make one change at forward, with Matt D’Agostini coming in to replace Chris Stewart. D’Agostini had nine goals and nine assists in 55 regular-season games. The Blues will be looking to do what they did in the first round against San Jose: win Game 2 after losing Game 1 at home. The Blues have been strong of the penalty kill of late. Including their final three regular-season games, the Blues have allowed a total of only two power-play goals in their last seven games. For the latest on the Blues, check out the coverage from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Belleville News-Democrat, followed by the possible lineups for the Blues and the Kings…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Blues coverage

Belleville News-Democrat’s Blues coverage

—–

BLUES LINEUP
Andy McDonald-David Backes-Alexander Steen
David Perron-Patrik Berglund-T.J. Oshie
Vladimir Sobotka-Jason Arnott-Matt D’Agostini
Jamie Lanenbrunner-Scott Nichol-B.J. Crombeen

Carlo Colaiacovo-Ian Cole
Barret Jackman-Kevin Shattenkirk
Kris Russell-Roman Polak

Brian Elliott
Jake Allen

—–

KINGS LINEUP
Dustin Brown-Anze Kopitar-Justin Williams
Dustin Penner-Mike Richards-Jeff Carter
Dwight King-Jarret Stoll-Trevor Lewis
Brad Richardson-Colin Fraser-Jordan Nolan

Rob Scuderi-Drew Doughty
Willie Mitchell-Slava Voynov
Alec Martinez-Matt Greene

Jonathan Quick
Jonathan Bernier

Rules for Blog Commenting

  • No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
  • Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
  • Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
  • Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
  • Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.