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Halak ‘probably’ out another week, Blues recall Allen

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St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak is tended to by trainer Ray Barile after he collided with Barret Jackman against the San Jose Sharks during the second period in Game 2 of an NHL Stanley Cup first-round hockey playoff series Saturday, April 14, 2012, in St. Louis. The Blues won 3-0. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

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Roughly 48 hours after taking Jaroslav Halak off IR and sending Jake Allen to the AHL, the Blues are reversing course.

That’s the story out of St. Louis on Tuesday as the club recalled Allen from the Peoria Rivermen -- a move likely related to reports that Halak could miss another week with his groin issue.

RDS’ Renaud Lavoie passes along word that the Slovak netminder will ‘probably’ miss the next seven days (he hasn’t played since Feb. 1) after re-tweaking his groin during warmups prior to Monday’s 4-1 loss to Los Angeles.

Brian Elliott was forced into emergency action (Halak was slated to start against the Kings) and allowed four goals on 23 shots.

An All-Star in 2011-12, Elliott has struggled mightily while Halak’s been shelved -- he’s allowed 20 goals on his last 105 shots faced and has been the goalie of record for all of St. Louis’ recent losing skid.

It’ll be interesting to see who Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock starts in goal for Wednesday’s game in Detroit.

Hitch has been vocal with his displeasure with Elliott’s play as of late, saying “he’s got to be better” while suggesting that, if Halak was unable to play against Los Angeles, he would’ve gone with rookie netminder Jake Allen between the pipes.

Just one problem — when Halak cleared IR on Sunday, Allen was sent back to AHL Peoria.

Update: According to NHL.com’s Lou Korac, Halak was on the ice Tuesday with Elliott and Allen.