CANUCKS (7-4-1) at BLUES (5-1-1)
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Season series: It's the first of three meetings this season between the Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues, and the only one at Scottrade Center. St. Louis won twice in shootouts last season, with the Canucks taking the only game decided in 60 minutes.
Big story: Vancouver's seven-game trip comes to an end with a huge challenge: The Canucks are playing back-to-back games against a team that's at home and has had a week off. Vancouver comes to St. Louis with a 4-1-1 mark on the trip after a 3-2 shootout victory against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
Team Scope:
Canucks: Vancouver is piling up points on its trip despite losing players. The Canucks beat the New York Islanders 5-4 in overtime Tuesday despite losing center Jannik Hansen with an upper-body injury. They topped the Devils even though David Booth and Dale Weise left with lower-body injuries.
But the Canucks still had Roberto Luongo, who stopped all 17 shots he faced in the third period and denied New Jersey's three attempts in the shootout for the win.
"It's probably his best period (this season)," coach John Tortorella said of Luongo's third-period heroics. "He's still trying to get his game to where he wants it, but he was outstanding and certainly gave us a chance to get the point and also earned us the second one."
Blues: A 4-3 shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets last Friday is a distant memory for a team that hasn't played in a week. The Blues headed off to Charleston, S.C., for a four-day team-bonding trip while practicing at the Carolina Ice Palace. They continued working out after returning to St. Louis, but as center Derek Roy told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "It's hard to get the battle drills that you'll get in a game. We tried our best this week to work hard and make sure our battle level stayed high."
St. Louis is 1-1-1 in its past three games after a 4-0-0 start; the Blues have allowed 11 goals in those three games after surrendering seven in the four wins.
Who's hot: Luongo is 4-0-1 on the trip, though he may sit in favor of Eddie Lack because the Canucks are playing on back-to-back nights. Luongo is 10-5-1 lifetime against the Blues. … Alexander Steen has seven goals in the Blues' seven games and David Backes has six; the rest of the team has 13.
Injury report: With Hansen, Weise and Booth all sidelined, Vancouver recalled center Pascal Pelletier and winger Darren Archibald from the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League. Vancouver was already without forwards Alexandre Burrows (foot) and Jordan Schroeder (ankle). … The Blues report no injuries, but they'll be without forward Maxim Lapierre, who's sitting out a five-game suspension for a hit on Dan Boyle of the San Jose Sharks 10 days ago.
GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMOX
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GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMOX
Our friggin' week break is over. The Canucks have played 5....FIVE!!!...more games than us so far.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
(Frank) the Canucks.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
Come out firing boys, get the 2 points away from the Sedin Sisters.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
For god's sake, somebody help me and take Luongo and the Sedin sister I have off my fantasy roster for me, it was on autodraft, I swear! I had to work! I'm so sorry, but this is cruel and unusual punishment! SOMEBODY HELP ME!
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
I worry that the week off will have us heavy-footed and lazy. That said.. (Frank) EM UP
5-2 blues.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
These losing bunch of losing losers are currently out of the playoffs. 5-1-1 and in 10th place in the West. How about that.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
Never mind the fact they've played about 20 games less than every other team, ergo hold games in hand on everyone.kodos wrote:These losing bunch of losing losers are currently out of the playoffs. 5-1-1 and in 10th place in the West. How about that.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
Sarcasm? Right?? If not then...kodos wrote:These losing bunch of losing losers are currently out of the playoffs. 5-1-1 and in 10th place in the West. How about that.
Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
STLADOGG wrote:Sarcasm? Right?? If not then...kodos wrote:These losing bunch of losing losers are currently out of the playoffs. 5-1-1 and in 10th place in the West. How about that.
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Western DIV GP W L OT P ROW GF GA Diff Home Away S/O L10 Streak
1
San Jose P 10 8 1 1 17 7 41 18 +23 5-0-0 3-1-1 1-1 8-1-1 Lost 1
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Colorado C 9 8 1 0 16 8 28 12 +16 3-1-0 5-0-0 - 8-1-0 Won 2
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Chicago C 10 6 1 3 15 4 31 27 +4 4-0-2 2-1-1 2-2 6-1-3 OT 1
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Vancouver P 12 7 4 1 15 6 35 35 E 2-2-0 5-2-1 1-1 6-3-1 Won 2
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Anaheim P 10 7 3 0 14 6 33 27 +6 5-0-0 2-3-0 1-0 7-3-0 Lost 2
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Phoenix P 11 6 3 2 14 6 35 35 E 3-0-1 3-3-1 0-1 5-3-2 Lost 1
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Los Angeles P 11 7 4 0 14 4 33 29 +4 3-2-0 4-2-0 3-0 6-4-0 Won 1
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Nashville C 11 6 4 1 13 6 22 26 -4 4-1-1 2-3-0 0-1 6-3-1 Won 1
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Minnesota C 11 5 3 3 13 5 24 23 +1 4-0-2 1-3-1 0-2 5-3-2 Won 2
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St. Louis C 7 5 1 1 11 4 27 19 +8 4-1-0 1-0-1 1-1 5-1-1 OT 1
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Calgary P 10 4 4 2 10 4 29 37 -8 2-0-1 2-4-1 0-1 4-4-2 Lost 2
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Winnipeg C 11 4 5 2 10 3 28 33 -5 3-4-1 1-1-1 1-1 3-5-2 OT 2
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Dallas C 9 4 5 0 8 3 25 29 -4 3-1-0 1-4-0 1-0 4-5-0 Won 1
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Edmonton P 11 3 7 1 7 2 31 43 -12 1-3-0 2-4-1 1-0 3-6-1 Lost 1
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
Blues need to get it together.
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Re: GDT #8: 10/25/13 > Blues vs Canucks > 7:00 PM > FSMW/KMO
Full-on fail by Hitchcock and company tonight. They looked exactly like what they were: a team that's been on vacation for a week rather than getting ready to play, and because of that they dropped a point at home to a team they'll be racing at the end of the season. Amateur hour.
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