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Tuesday, January 24th (All times eastern)

Vancouver Canucks (28-16-5) at Columbus Blue Jackets (17-30-2), 7 p.m.

(Sports Network) - The Vancouver Canucks go on the rebound tonight when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena.

Vancouver had a four-game winning streak ended in Monday's 4-0 loss to hapless St. Louis. Curtis Sanford stopped 34 shots for his third shutout of the season to anchor the Blues' effort.

Goaltender Maxime Ouellet stopped 19-of-22 shots for the Canucks, who were shut out for the fourth time this season.

With 61 points, the Canucks are second in the Northwest Division -- two behind the first-place Calgary Flames.

Vancouver, which is 10-13-2 on the road, began a seven-game road trip Monday and will visit Detroit on Thursday.

Columbus, meanwhile, has lost two of its last three games. On Saturday the Jackets dropped a 7-2 tilt in Nashville. Paul Kariya and Scott Hartnell each scored two goals and added an assist to lift the Predators.

Trevor Letowski and Bryan Berard scored for the Blue Jackets, while Pascal Leclaire received the start in net and allowed seven goals on 48 shots in defeat.

Leclaire has been peppered this month, having faced a whopping 218 shots in his last five games.

The Jackets will host Minnesota on Friday.

Vancouver defeated Columbus, 5-3, on November 4 at GM Place and has won three of the last four meetings.

01/24 10:49:08 ET


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