Blues @ Oilers| 8pm, BSMW|

[The Note]

When: Friday, April 1 at 8 p.m. CT
Where: Rogers Place in Edmonton, AB
Watch: Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports app
Listen: 101 ESPN, Blues app

*Projected lineups*



Saad-O'Reilly-Perron
Buchnevich-Thomas-Tarasenko
Barbashev-Schenn-Toropchenko
MacEachern-Brown-Walker

Leddy-Parayko
Scandella-Faulk
Rosen-Bortuzzo

Husso/Binnington

vs.



Kane-McDavid-Puljujarvi
Hyman-Draisaitl-Yamamoto
Brassard-RNH-Archibald
Foegele-McLeod-Ryan

Nurse-Ceci
Keith-Bouchard
Kulak-Barrie

Koskinen/Smith​

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[Moose and Squirrel]

brown back in, eh? thought for sure they were limiting his ice time to get that pick

 

[Linkens Mastery]

brown back in, eh? thought for sure they were limiting his ice time to get that pick

He played last game as well. Kyrou is out sick.

 

[TheDizee]

This is a big game because tomorrow is a B2B and also Dallas is nipping at our heels, only 4 points back. Need to stay away from the second wild card slot.

Hopefully Husso plays tonight instead of tomorrow.

 

[BlueOil]

it's gonna be a great game no matter what tonight

hope schenn and kane fight

blues should win, but you know how that goes

 

[Brian39]

This should be a good test of the defensive pairs. On the road, we will struggle to dictate whether Parayko sees McDavid or Drai's line. However, since Edmonton is a clear 2 line team, we should be able to have either Parayko or Faulk out there whenever McDavid or Drai is on the ice. This should be a good test of whether Leddy's puck movement can adequately support Parayko against a great line AND whether Scandella/Faulk can be good enough to absorb tough matchups.

I really hope Berube keeps those 2 pairs together all night. I didn't like seeing him go back to the Scandella/Parayko safety blanket against Vancouver. I understand doing that against a 1 line team, but I don't want to see Leddy/Faulk trying to defend either of the Oilers top lines.

I don't really care who is in net tonight. Calgary and Edmonton score almost the same amount of goals per game and we should see both goalies in this B2B. Playing Husso tonight since we are more plausibly battling Edmonton for seeding makes sense. But I also see the logic in playing Husso vs the better team that is more likely to hold us under 4 goals. Not sure that there is a wrong decision besides playing Husso in both games.

 

[MissouriMook]

Binnington had a good game against Edmonton and a bad one. He got crushed by Calgary. Husso hasn't faced Edmonton this season and has stopped 41 of 42 shots against Calgary. Since we're almost certain to see both this weekend, my money is on Binnington tonight and Husso tomorrow night.

 

[kimzey59]

Per Jim Thomas
Binnington gets the start.
No word yet on Kyrou.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

Need a big outing from Binner tonight

 

[TheDizee]

good luck to the team tonight, i will be sure to check in after the game.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Another all hands on deck game tonight.

All those early to mid season losses to bad teams mean we now scramble to stay in a wild card spot. No rest for the weary.

 

[ScratchCatFever]

Another all hands on deck game tonight.

All those early to mid season losses to bad teams mean we now scramble to stay in a wild card spot. No rest for the weary.

This is a fair point but I'm also not forgetting all the points we banked when we had 3-4 guys getting hit with Covid a week during the first 3 months of the season to put us in a spot where we're not completely on the outside looking in.

 

[BlueMed]

Another all hands on deck game tonight.

All those early to mid season losses to bad teams mean we now scramble to stay in a wild card spot. No rest for the weary.

The Blues aren't currently in the wild card spot...they are 3rd in the division and 4 points ahead of the last WC spot.

 

[Blanick]

This back to back is going to be crucial for us stay in the battle for 2nd. I have liked the way our game has been trending. There are still some holes but overall I thought the second game against Vancouver was probably our best game in awhile.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Only one way to do this boys, GO OUT THERE AND WIN!

I believe in the Note, believe in yourselves and get this done!

 

[Blueston]

Kyrou out again.

 

[BlueKnight]

Go Blues!!!

 

[Blueston]

Binner didn’t have win in March.

 

[Robb_K]

Barbashev takes a nice shot. Too bad it didn't go in!

 

[Blueston]

Jeez. Awful start.

 

[DoubleK81]

This finna be ugly.

 

[Blanick]

Please don't let this become a track meet.

 

[BlueKnight]

FUGLY!!!!

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Good lord, chickens with their heads off

 

[AjaxManifesto]

That didn't take long

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