Blues place Paul Stastny on IR, recall forward Wade Megan

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Emily Sadler December 22, 2016, 11:25 AM

The St. Louis Blues have placed Paul Stastny on injured reserve with an upper-body injury, the team announced Thursday.

According to Jeremy Rutherford of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Stastny will be back next week.

#stlblues have placed Stastny on IR but only for the roster spot. He will be able to play next Wednesday and that is the expectation.

— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) December 22, 2016

Thursday’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning will be Stastny’s first missed game this season. The 30-year-old has seven goals and 10 assists in 34 games this year.

In a corresponding move, the Blues called up forward Wade Megan from AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves.

Megan was a fifth-round pick of Florida in 2009. He played four seasons at Boston University and has been in AHL/ECHL ever since.

— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) December 22, 2016

Megan has registered 13 goals and 11 assists in 28 AHL games this season, good for third place in team scoring. The 26-year-old signed a free agent deal with the Blues in July 2016, and has yet to make his NHL debut.

It's expected that Megan will be in the lineup tonight, playing his first #nhl game. The Blues have Rattie and Yakupov but needed a center.

— Jeremy Rutherford (@jprutherford) December 22, 2016