BLUES (4-3-0) at MAPLE LEAFS (4-3-0)

7 p.m. ET; TSN4, FDSNMW

Blues projected lineup

Brandon Saad — Brayden Schenn — Jake Neighbours

Alexandre Texier — Pavel Buchnevich — Jordan Kyrou

Oskar Sundqvist — Dylan Holloway — Mathieu Joseph

Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Kasperi Kapanen

Ryan Suter — Colton Parayko

Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk

P.O. Joseph — Scott Perunovich

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Nathan Walker, Zack Bolduc

Injured: Nick Leddy (lower body), Robert Thomas (fractured right ankle)

Maple Leafs projected lineup

Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner

Bobby McMann — Max Domi — William Nylander

Pontus Holmberg — John Tavares — Nicholas Robertson

Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves

Morgan Rielly — Chris Tanev

Oliver Ekman-Larsson — Jake McCabe

Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins

Joseph Woll

Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Philippe Myers, Timothy Liljegren

Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Connor Dewar (upper body), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Fraser Minten (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body), Max Pacioretty (lower body)

Status report

Thomas, a center, will be out at least six weeks after being injured in a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. … Sundqvist will make his season debut; he missed St. Louis’ first seven games recovering from a torn ACL in his right knee sustained last March 25 against the Vegas Golden Knights. … Toropchenko will return after missing two games with a lower body injury. … Woll will make his season debut after missing Toronto’s first seven games with a lower body injury. … Pacioretty did not participate in the Maple Leafs morning skate; the forward is day to day after being injured in a 6-2 loss at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.