[4:00 PM] Blue Jackets @ Canucks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Columbus Blue Jackets (19-5-4)

@ Vancouver Canucks (13-16-2)

 

Starting Goalies:

Sergei Bobrovsky(CBJ): Confirmed

Ryan Miller(VAN): Unconfirmed

 

Current odds:

Columbus Blue Jackets: (-170)

Vancouver Canucks: (+150)

 

• The Columbus Blue Jackets will be chasing two major milestones when they go after a ninth consecutive victory Sunday against the host Vancouver Canucks. The Blue Jackets can match the franchise-record win streak of nine – set in 2014-15 – while John Tortorella is one away from becoming the 24th coach in NHL history with 500 victories as he meets one of his former teams.

• Alexander Wennberg, who leads the team with 19 assists and had only six penalty minutes in 96 games since the beginning of 2015-2016, stuck up for a teammate by fighting physical rookie Matthew Tkachuk only 53 seconds into Friday’s 4-1 win at Calgary.

• Leading scorer Daniel Sedin (20 points) was kept off the scoresheet Friday along with his twin brother Henrik (19), but Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist against Tampa Bay after managing one point in the first seven games this month. Center Brandon Sutter scored for the second straight game to push his total to 17 points and left wing Sven Baertschi owns two goals and two assists in the last two contests. Defenseman Chris Tanev returned to the lineup Friday after missing 20 games with an ankle injury, registering a plus-1 rating and one blocked shot while logging 23:30 of ice time.

• Blue Jackets G Sergei Bobrovsky boasts a .952 save percentage while allowing 10 goals his last eight outings.

• The road team won the last four games in the series, including Columbus’ 2-1 shootout win at Vancouver last February.

• Daniel Sedin needs two assists to reach 600 in his career and is 38 points shy of 1,000.

 

StreakSmarts Pick: Columbus Blue Jackets

Confidence: 5/10

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