Blues forward T.J. Oshie did not practice this morning because of a wrist injury and for now the club is listing him as day to day.

The injury happened in the first period of Saturday's 3-2 shootout loss to Minnesota. Oshie had a big collision with a Minnesota player on the halfboards at center-ice and jammed his right wrist. He returned to the game and scored his sixth goal of the season and he converted the team's only shootout goal. After the game, in which Oshie also had an assist and two takeaways, he said that the injury wasn't serious.

"We're just being cautious with it right now," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said Sunday. "We're hopeful that he plays on Tuesday. He played really good (Saturday). He played hard."

The Blues return to Scottrade Center Tuesday night and will host the Los Angeles Kings. To give themselves some insurance in case Oshie can't play, the club has called up Brett Sterling from Peoria.

Sterling, 27, has 12 goals this season for the Rivermen, tying him for the lead in the American Hockey League. His 22 points rank him second in the AHL. The 5'7, 175-pound forward has played 26 NHL games, posting nine points (five goals, four assists). In seven games with Pittsburgh last season Sterling had three goals and five points, but his contract expired and he signed a two-way, free-agent deal with the Blues in July.

"I've never seen him play," Hitchcock said. "I think the biggest thing is, it will be good for him to get a practice under his belt with us."

Blues defenseman Ian Cole, who was recently called up by the Blues, has played much of the year with Sterling in Peoria. Cole believes Sterling has the ability to contribute at the NHL level.

"Obviously people are like, 'Oh, he's small,'" Cole said. "But he's good. He's a strong kid. A lot of the goals I saw him score were right around the net somewhere. He'd go in the battle areas. Obviously he has the skill to play on the outside, but he also is very willing to go inside.

"He was up with Pittsburgh last year and put up three goals in seven games. He's more than capable of playing up here. There's obviously that transition period, the style of play is different, but he'll be fine."