Bortuzzo will be available to return Wednesday after being activated from the injured reserve due to an upper-body injury. The 33-year-old has yet to pick up a point through ten games this season but has been his usual stay-at-home, steady self averaging only 12:03 TOI.
Bortuzzo left the Blues' previous game vs. Philadelphia after 9:08 TOI with an upper-body injury. Through 10 games, Bortuzzo has 10 games played he has zero points and nine PIMs with only five SOG. He heads to the injured reserve to make room for Tyler Tucker.
Bortuzzo has been out since Game 2 but will return to the lineup for Game 5 vs. the Wild. Bortuzzo has no points and a minus-1 rating while playing under 12 minutes per game in his first two games of the series.
Bortuzzo suffered an upper-body injury in Game 2 and will miss Game 3 as a result. Steven Santini will make his season debut if Marco Scandella (game-time decision) can't play.
Bortuzzo missed Tuesday's game in Colorado due to an undisclosed injury but is set to return to the lineup on Friday. Bortuzzo will replace Calle Rosen in the lineup vs. Vegas.
Bortuzzo will be replaced by Calle Rosen in the Blues lineup on Monday. Bortuzzo, who was a minus-2 in 11:20 TOI on Saturday, has just four points (1G / 3A) in 57 games this season.
Bortuzzo was set to become a UFA at the end of the season but gets $950K AAV on his new two-year contract. Bortuzzo doesn't provide a lot of offence but is a rugged, penalty-killing defenseman for the Blues. Bortuzzo leads the team in Hits/60 (7.91) and is second in Blk/60 (5.04) in 37 games this season.
Bortuzzo took the morning off and will sit out Monday vs. Vegas. With Bortuzzo out, Niko Mikkola will suit up for his third game of the season.
Bortuzzo has been out since the second game of the season but was activated from IR on Sunday and should be back in the lineup on Monday. Bortuzzo will likely replace Jake Walman vs. the Coyotes.
Bortuzzo was forced to leave Friday’s blowout loss to the Avalanche after a hit from Valeri Nichushkin. Moving Bortuzzo to IR means he will miss at least seven days and Carl Gunnarsson will likely draw into the lineup on Monday.
Bortuzzo has served his four-game suspension for cross-checking Viktor Arvidsson on November 23rd and is set to return to the lineup in Chicago. Bortuzzo has just one assist in 11 games but is averaging 1.5 hits and 0.9 blocked shots per game this season.
Bortuzzo was given a minor on the first cross-check and went back for a second cross-check, which injured Arvidsson. The Predators announced that Arvidsson will miss 4-6 weeks with a lower-body injury as a result.
Bortuzzo played just 12:15 TOI, recording one shot, in the Blues season opener but will be scratched in favour of Carl Gunnarsson on Saturday.
Bortuzzo was a healthy scratch in Game 4 with Vince Dunn returning from injury but will replace Joel Edmundson in the lineup on Thursday. Bortuzzo has registered two goals in 15 playoff games.
Bortuzzo replaced Joel Edmundson in Games 3 and 4 but will come back out of the lineup in an important Game 5 in St. Louis. Carl Gunnarsson will move down to play in Bortuzzo’s spot on the third-pairing.
Bortuzzo has been a healthy scratch for the last three games but will replace Carl Gunnarsson (upper-body) on Thursday. Bortuzzo has seven points (1G / 6A) in 30 games this season.
