The first place St. Louis Blues will get an added boost on Thursday.
The team will welcome forward Jaden Schwartz back to the lineup when the club tangles with the Edmonton Oilers, the team announced.
Schwartz was originally supposed to miss upwards of four weeks after going down with a elbow injury on Sept. 30, but is feeling good ahead of the original timeline and will return one week early.
"It feels good, so the plan is for me to play tonight," Schwartz said, according to the team. "I got a couple practices in and I feel good, and we were looking at this date all along. No setbacks, so I'm obviously really, really excited to join the group again."
The 24-year-old was limited to just 33 games last season, but still produced 22 points while adding another 14 in 20 playoff games.
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