Blues look to eliminate the Chicago Blackhawks

The St. Louis Blues are in a great spot heading into tonight's game, but the Hawks are desperately fighting for their season. It's time to end this series.

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Here are the projected lines for the St. Louis Blues via JR (@jprutherford):
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Forwards
Schwartz-Lehtera-Tarasenko
Steen-Stastny-Brouwer
Fabbri-Berglund-Backes
Upshall-Brodziak-Ott

Defense
Bouwmeester-Pietrangelo
Shattenkirk-Parayko
Gunnarsson-Bortuzzo

Here are the Hawks projected lines via Mark Lazerus:

Forwards
Panik-Toews-Kane
Panarin-Anisimov-Teravainen
Ladd-Kruger-Hossa
Mashinter-Desjardins-Weise

The big deal here is Kane and Toews on the same line. Although this change could be a sign of desperation, it might end up well for coach Q and the Blackhawks.

A win tonight could send the Hawks to the golf courses. Although there is excitement flowing throughout St. Louis today, we should realize we are still in the first round. The Hawks have won three games in-a-row in the postseason before. Let's not count our chickens just yet. The Hawks are hungry. They're fighting for their season tonight. Their time is up.

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P.J. Cox
@pjcoxx