Lightning's Andrei Vasilevskiy: Defending cage against Blues

Vasilevskiy will be between the pipes versus St. Louis on Thursday, Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Analysis:

Vasilevskiy put an end to his five-game winless streak Tuesday, and that's just in time, as Ben Bishop (lower body) is expected to miss 3-to-4 weeks. Depending on his workload Thursday, coach Jon Cooper may utilize Vasilevskiy for both ends of Tampa's Thursday-Friday back-to-back, considering Bishop is out and the Lightning have a four-day break coming up.