The Blues shuffled their roster late in the day, bringing up forward Otto Stenberg from AHL Springfield while moving winger Ross Johnston to injured reserve.
Stenberg was St. Louis’ first-round selection in 2023, taken 25th overall out of the junior ranks in Sweden. The 21-year-old got his first extended run of pro hockey in 2024-25, reaching the SHL before heading to North America in the middle of that season.
He then split the 2025-26 campaign between St. Louis and Springfield.
With the Blues, Stenberg put up 10 points in 32 games while logging 13:37 of ice time per night. In Springfield, he was more productive offensively, posting 17 points in 37 games, though only four of those were goals.
This season, he has been limited to the minors so far, recording one goal and three assists in six games.
Johnston, meanwhile, sat out last night’s game because of a lower-body injury. The 32-year-old is in the first season of a three-year, $6MM deal he signed in free agency this summer, and he has one assist along with 27 hits through his first six outings. He is listed as day-to-day, but the injured reserve move means he’ll miss at least a week, with the transaction able to be backdated to Friday.
The recall leaves St. Louis with a full 23-player roster. It also pushes the club above the $104MM cap ceiling and into LTIR, where it will stop building bankable cap space for now.
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