St. Louis has had a stranger 8 games. The Blues lost at home to San Jose, then scored 12 goals across wins over Columbus and at Ottawa, then gave up 10 in back-to-back road losses at Minnesota and Nashville. The 5-2 loss in Nashville finished the road trip badly. The Predators had scored exactly 2 goals in each of their previous 3 games, put up 5 against St. Louis, and kept the Blues off the board in the 3rd period.
In goal, St. Louis has a clear order. Bleedin' Blue described the crease as Joel Hofer's net as of October 12, and Hofer is the expected starter Tuesday, per Daily Faceoff. That keeps Jordan Binnington on the bench after a .847 save percentage through his first 2 starts, with poor numbers even in the 5-3 win over Columbus, when Jake Neighbours scored his first of the year and the top line finally produced. So the goalie question on the home side looks answered: Hofer against Skinner.
The Blues' injury list is mostly defensemen. Torey Krug is on long-term IR with an ankle injury, Tyler Tucker had knee surgery and won't be reassessed for weeks, and Logan Mailloux is on IR too. Add Ross Johnston, Dillon Dube and Alexey Toropchenko up front, and St. Louis is playing a reworked defense and a thinner forward group. That matches up against a Jets offense that got 5 goals against Minnesota and still has Scheifele scoring. Neither defense looks settled, so this probably goes to whichever team gets more saves in its own end. Puck drop is 7:00 PM CT.