Raanta will defend the cage for Thursday's road clash with St. Louis, Craig Morgan of The Athletic reports.

EDGE Analysis

In his previous four tilts, Raanta posted a 3-1-0 record, 1.76 GAA and .944 save percentage. The netminder should continue seeing the bulk of the starts until Darcy Kuemper (lower body) is cleared to return, at which point the pair figures to split the duties for the remainder of the year.