{"id":249950,"date":"2026-04-03T10:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249950\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:56:12","slug":"nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-anaheim-ducks-with-line-combinations-04-03-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/249950\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 04\/03\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 04\/03\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-Life-Insurance.png .png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 04\/03\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-3-12.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Jeff Roberson<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues (31-31-12, 74 pts) at Anaheim Ducks (41-29-5, 87 pts) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: Honda Center<br \/>Date: Friday, April 3<br \/>Time: 10:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/FDSN MW\/Victory+\/KCOP\/KMOV-TV\/Matrix Midwest<br \/>Radio:\u00a0101 ESPN\/96.7 FM KTCK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blues suffered their second straight loss with a 2-1 overtime loss to the Kings. They\u2019re recorded points in six of their last seven games, averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Ducks dropped their third straight on Wednesday with a 4-3 loss to the Sharks. During their skid, they\u2019re averaging three goals per game while allowing 4.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud<br \/>Neighbours-Buchnevich-Kyrou<br \/>Stenberg-Dvorsky-Berggren<br \/>Toropchenko-Finley-Suter<\/p>\n<p>Broberg-Mailloux <br \/>Lindstein-Parayko<br \/>Fowler-Holl<\/p>\n<p>Hofer<br \/>Binnington<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=St.+Louis&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your St. Louis Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Kreider-Carlsson-Terry<br \/>Killorn-Washe-Granlund<br \/>Viel-Poehling-Sennecke<br \/>McTavish-Gaucher-Vatrano<\/p>\n<p>LaCombe-Trouba<br \/>Moore-Carlson<br \/>Zellweger-Helleson<\/p>\n<p>Dostal<br \/>Husso<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/anaheim-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=anaheim&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Anaheim Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Kyrou has a goal in each game against the Ducks this season. <\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist in one of the two games against the Blues. The Ducks were shut out in the other game.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>D Tyler Tucker \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>F Jansen Harkins \u2013 DTD<br \/>F Cutter Gauthier \u2013 DTD<br \/>D Pavel Mintyukov \u2013 DTD<br \/>G Petr Mrazek \u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/justin-faulk-leaves-game-against-flyers\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Justin-Faulk-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/justin-faulk-leaves-game-against-flyers\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Faulk Leaves Game Against Flyers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings, in a crucial game tonight against the Philadelphia Flyers, have lost their top trade deadline acquisition. 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