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| Time | Tues. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Pac. |
| Season Series | 1 - 0 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
3-2 Canucks Oct.10/11 |
| The Enemy | The Cannon | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 6-19-25 Prospal: 6-13-19 |
| Jackets |
Category | Canucks |
| 6-14-3 | Season Record | 13-9-1 |
| 15th |
Conference Position | 7th |
| Lost 1 |
Streak | Won 4 |
| 1-7-2 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
5-3-1 |
| 4-4-2 |
Last 10 | 7-3-0 |
| -21 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +10 |
| 54 (27) |
Goals Scored | 69 (7) |
| 75 (27) |
Goals Against |
59 (12) |
| 0.88 (24) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 0.98 (18) |
| 13.5 (24) |
Power Play % |
25.2 (1) |
| 75.0 (29) |
Penalty Kill % |
87.0 (6) |
| 50.0 (28) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 78.6 (4) |
| 80.0 (11) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 85.7 (7) |
| 83.3 |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 |
| 51.0 (11) |
Faceoffs % | 52.0 (7) |
| 588 (2) |
Hits |
497 (13) |
| 263 (27) |
Blocked Shots |
254 (29) |
| 120 (30) |
Giveaways |
146 (24) |
| 185 (5) |
Takeaways |
147 (21) |
| 13.3 (23) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
13.6 (24) |
| NHL.com |
As mentioned earlier today, Cory Schneider will start this one and former Canuck Curtis Sanford will start for CBJ. Like Schneider, Sanford is on a role (not as great of a role, but has taken the #1 spot away), having starting 6 straight games and going 3-1-2 in the process. You think Vancouver has goalie "issues"? Columbus has goalie ISSUES. Steve Mason is under the gun right now, and Sanford's play is making fans squeeze the trigger a little harder. Check out
2 posts from The Cannon to get acquainted with these issues:
-Steve Mason: Is There A Road Back?
-Following Sanford, The Jackets' Defence Improves.
Yes, THOSE are goaltending issues when Curtis Sanford is blowing your mind and your #1 is Doris FUNKasaurus.
However, the BJ's have only allowed 9 goals in their last 6 games. 11 if I include shootout goals which I won't. They seem to be getting back to basics defensively and it's paying off.
But now they embark on a 3 game Western Canada road trip. They are 1-7-2 on the road this season. And it all starts with a red-hot Canucks team that seems to have almost everything going right for them right now. Once again, they blocked a lot of shots in their last win. The 5 on 5 is clicking. The collective team D is much improved. They are doing what it takes to win. Consistently. Finally. The initial thought is that they may take Columbus lightly. That had better not be the case.
PROJECTED ROSTERS
Booth-Kesler-Higgins
Malhotra-Hodgson-Hansen
Volpatti-Lapierre-Weise
Bieksa-Hamhuis
Edler-Salo
Ballard-Alberts
Aaron Rome practiced on Monday but there is no word on his status.
Jeeziz...look at those stats!
Prospal-Carter-Nash
Umberger-Letestu-Johansen
Vermette-Pahlsson-Dorsett
Bass-Mackenzie-Boll
Methot-Wisniewski
Tyutin-Nikitin
Moore-Clitsome (have fun with that)
STATS
-Rick Nash has scored 14 goals and 28 points in 32 career games vs the Canucks.
-Curtis Sanford has a career record of 5-0-0-2 record with a 1.56 GAA and .951 save % against Vancouver. Holy Mary!
-Daniel Sedin is 9-25-34 in 41 career games against Columbus. He also only has 3 assists in his last 6 games and has not scored a goal in 9 games. Imagine that.
-Brother Henrik is 8-27-35 in 40 career games vs the BJ's. He has 3 goals and 2 assists in his last 6 games.
-The KesLord is 7-11-18 in 23 career games vs CBJ.
-Well sheeit! I found the Columbus Killer! It's Sami Salo! 8 goals and 21 points in 23 career games vs Columbus! C'mon Sami! One more for the old gaffer!
-Cory Schneider is 3-1-0 lifetime versus the BJ's. A 2.47 GAA and .918 save %.
-Blue Jackets are 17-46 in their last 63 vs. Western Conference.
-Blue Jackets are 14-38 in their last 52 overall.
-Blue Jackets are 15-45 in their last 60 road games vs. a team with a winning home record.
-Blue Jackets are 1-6 in their last 7 vs. Northwest.
-Canucks are 5-1 in their last 6 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.
-Canucks are 26-8 in their last 34 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of less than .400.
-Canucks are 1-4 in their last 5 vs. a team with a winning % below .400. (DOOOOMED!)
-Cover.com, man. It's the shizzle.
VIDEO
The last time these teams met:
Back in January 2010, Burrows records a hatty vs CBJ:
On December 15, 2010, The KesLord records his first career hatty versus Columbus:
It's a good thing Sanford shaved his head because...
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