Lehtera was a healthy scratch for Saturday's game against Winnipeg. It was the first time he's been scratched while being healthy since joining the Blues for the 2014-15 season.

EDGE Analysis

In a matter of two games, Lethera went from centering the second line to the third line to being inactive. And this was not about points -- Lehtera has three goals and recorded points in five of 20 games -- according to coach Ken Hitchcock, who told Tom Timmerman of the St. Louis Post-Gazette that the 28-year-old center is not influencing games or garnering an opponent's attention. We're unsure how long this situation will play out in the short term or how regular it might be going forward, but Lehtera, who is in the first year of a three-year, $14.1 million contract, is getting paid like someone who should be on the ice nightly.