Nashville Predators @ St. Louis Blues Game Thread: Fight for First

Pretty sure we've been here before. This is not unlike that episode of The X-Files where Mulder is caught in a time loop. Or the episode of Supernatural where Sam is caught in a time loop. Or that time Bill Murray was caught in a time loop. Or...

Your projected lineups, via NHL.com. Once again another top player returns to the lineup:

Nashville Predators

Filip Forsberg - Mike Ribeiro - James Neal

Matt Cullen - Derek Roy - Craig Smith

Olli Jokinen - Calle Jarnkrok - Gabriel Bourque

Eric Nystrom - Paul Gaustad - Taylor Beck

Roman Josi - Shea Weber

Mattias Ekholm - Ryan Ellis

Anton Volchenkov - Seth Jones

Pekka Rinne

Carter Hutton

Scratched: Victor Bartley

Injured: Mike Fisher (Achilles tendon), Viktor Stalberg (lower body), Colin Wilson (lower body)

St. Louis Blues

Patrik Berglund - David Backes - T.J. Oshie

Alexander Steen - Paul Stastny - Joakim Lindstrom

Jaden Schwartz - Jori Lehtera - Vladimir Tarasenko

Steve Ott - Maxim Lapierre - Ryan Reaves

Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo

Carl Gunnarsson - Kevin Shattenkirk

Barret Jackman - Ian Cole

Jake Allen

Brian Elliott

Scratched: Jordan Leopold, Chris Porter, Magnus Paajarvi