{"id":412762,"date":"2026-01-17T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412762\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:46:11","slug":"projected-lineup-jan-16-vs-tampa-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/412762\/","title":{"rendered":"Projected Lineup: Jan. 16 vs. Tampa Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Philip Broberg will play Friday against Tampa Bay. An updated lineup is below.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Broberg will be a game-time decision for the St. Louis Blues when they face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network, 101 ESPN).<\/p>\n<p>The defenseman exited early in Saturday&#8217;s game vs. Vegas following a hit from Mark Stone. He subsequently missed Tuesday&#8217;s game against Carolina. Broberg did partake in Thursday&#8217;s practice and today&#8217;s skate, but Head Coach Jim Montgomery said he still has to pass one final hurdle to be cleared from the NHL&#8217;s concussion protocol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he can play, I&#8217;m playing him,&#8221; Montgomery said.<\/p>\n<p>A speedy return for Broberg would be a relief for the Blues, who received more tough injury news on Thursday. Forward Robert Thomas was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/blues\/news\/thomas-placed-on-injured-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">re-evaluated in two weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to play with the passion and spirit we played with last game,&#8221; Montgomery said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the way you overcome [injuries]&#8230; Everyone&#8217;s been dealing with injuries this year, so it&#8217;s no excuse. You just have to find the resolve from within.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Blues held morning skate at Enterprise Center on Friday morning but did not run lines. Joel Hofer was in the starter&#8217;s net, indicating he will likely be in goal for the Blues tonight. The below lineup is based on Thursday&#8217;s practice and will be updated at warmups with Broberg&#8217;s status and any changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Philip Broberg will play Friday against Tampa Bay. An updated lineup is below. Philip Broberg will be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-412762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}