GameThread for St. Louis Blues at Anaheim Ducks, Jan 8, 2016

Here are the projected lines for this evening's late tilt in Anaheim:

Forwards

Alexander Steen - Paul Stastny - Troy Brouwer

Robby Fabbri - Jori Lehtera - Vladimir Tarasenko

Patrik Berglund - David Backes - Magnus Paajarvi

Dmitrij Jaskin - Kyle Brodziak - Ryan Reaves

Defense

Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Pietrangelo

Joel Edmundson - Kevin Shattenkirk

Carl Gunnarsson - Colton Parayko

Goalie

Jake Allen

Does this look familiar? It should: it's Thursday night. Before anyone cringes and criticizes coach Ken Hitchcock, you have to be fair: this line-up managed three goals, two even strength. That passes for a major achievement.

Allen starting? Not surprising - let's hope he recovers from his SNAFUs.

Will the Blues finally get their first win of 2016? Who knows. If they do, I'll probably be asleep when it happens.

This is your gameday thread. Comment like you're trying to stay awake after a long day.

Let's do this. Let's Go Blues.