"It was good, first time all year," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. "Nice to see, got some choices now. See how it goes tomorrow."

Asked if every player was available for Game 1, Hitchcock replied: "Yeah, 100 percent, we're good to go ... so let's play. Thanks."

And after that response, Hitchcock stopped answering questions, wrapping up his press conference after 26 seconds. He then weaved his way through a flock of reporters to get back to his office.

If the lineup that the Blues skated with in Tuesday's practice is the one they dress for Game 1, it will mark the first time this season that they will have used these 20 players in the same game. It will mark just the seventh time they've used the same top-nine group of forwards, and they are 6-0 in the previous games.