SEATTLE -- Goaltender Jordan Binnington will make his sixth opening day start for the Blues as he gets the call on Tuesday afternoon against the Kraken.
In his career, Binnington is 3-0-2 in season openers, with a .934 save percentage and 1.95 goals against average. Binnington and backup Joel Hofer are expected to split the next two starts, in some order, during the back-to-back in San Jose and Vegas.
Projected Blues lineup at Seattle on Tuesday, 3:30 p.m. CT
Dylan Holloway - Robert Thomas - Jake Neighbours
Alexandre Texier- Pavel Buchnevich - Jordan Kyrou
Mathieu Joseph - Brayden Schenn - Kasperi Kapanen
Alexey Toropchenko - Radek Faksa - Nathan Walker
Nick Leddy - Colton Parayko
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Scratches: Zack Bolduc, Scott Perunovich, Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Non-roster: Brandon Saad (birth of his child).
Injured non-roster: Oskar Sundqvist (knee surgery), Torey Krug (ankle surgery), Adam Jiricek (knee surgery), Simon Robertsson (upper-body).
Sundqvist underwent surgery and skated with the Blues during training camp but did not play in any preseason games.
The Blues open their season Tuesday afternoon in Seattle, the beginning of a campaign that the Blues hope will result in a return to the postseason.
Zack Bolduc practiced with the team Monday in Seattle, and his assignment is salary cap-related to help the Blues navigate their injury and paternity situations in the preseason.