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Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
CLS	34-36-12	20-14-7	14-22-5	11-18-3	28-33-11
STL	33-36-13	20-15-6	13-21-7	15-14-3	27-33-12
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Team Stat Comparison
190	Goals	202
210	Goals Against	232
53	Power Play Goals	47
63	Power Play Goals Allowed	56
8	Shorthanded Goals	3
5	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	13
1325	Penalty Minutes	1153
16	Average Penalty Minutes	14

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Pascal Leclaire	54	24	112	2.25	9	1267	.919
	Fredrik Norrena	37	10	89	2.73	2	767	.896
	Dan LaCosta	1	0	0	0.00	0	5	1.000
	Manny Legace	66	27	147	2.41	5	1501	.911
	Hannu Toivonen	23	6	69	3.44	0	497	.878
	Marek Schwarz	2	0	6	7.25	0	11	.647
	Chris Beckford-Tseu	1	0	1	2.25	0	8	.889

Team Stat Leaders
G	Rick Nash 38	Brad Boyes 43
A	Nikolai Zherdev 35	Paul Kariya 49
PTS	Rick Nash 69	Paul Kariya 65
PIM	Jared Boll 226	D.J. King 100
SOG	Rick Nash 329	Paul Kariya 223

The way the St. Louis Blues are playing right now, one goal always might be enough for either team to win.

St. Louis' struggling offense will try to break out of a lengthy slump and goaltender Manny Legace looks to continue an impressive shutout streak when the Central Division-rival Columbus Blue Jackets visit on Tuesday night.

In the last seven games, the Blues (20-14-5) have scored just 11 goals en route to a 2-2-3 record, but both wins have come by shutouts from Legace, named the NHL's first star of the week on Monday.

On Saturday, Legace made 27 saves and Lee Stempniak scored in a 1-0 home win over Carolina.

"Our goaltending was solid and our defense got better as the game went on," Blues coach Andy Murray said.

Legace has not allowed a goal in more than 140 minutes, a streak that includes parts of four games. He shut out Detroit on 31 saves in a 2-0 win on Dec. 31, and did not allow a goal in the first period of a 3-2 shootout loss to Edmonton last Wednesday before being removed due to illness.

"I think we get lucky to have Manny and (backup goalie) Hannu (Toivonen), who keep us in a lot of games without having to score a bunch of goals," Stempniak said.

In their last seven overall, the Blues have played two in overtime and one in a shootout, but lost all three. They're also just 2-4-3 their last nine home games.

Brad Boyes continues to lead the Blues with 21 goals, but has none in his last seven. Paul Kairya has failed to record an assist in in his last eight, but has team highs with 23 and 34 points. A bigger concern for St. Louis, though, may be its power play unit -- the Blues have gone seven games without a man-advantage goal, failing to convert their last 28 chances, and have the NHL's worst power-play at 11.8 percent.

They've already been blanked twice this season in Columbus by Pascal Leclaire, but the NHL's leader with seven shutouts left in the second period of Saturday's 3-2 loss to San Jose due to illness and will not be available for this contest.

Fredrik Norrena, who's 3-1-2 with a 1.96 goals-against average in his career against St. Louis -- will start and be backed up by 19-year-old rookie Steve Mason, who was recalled from the Ontario Hockey League on an emergency basis after he led Canada its fourth straight gold medal at the World Junior Championships.

Columbus (19-17-6), which seeks a split of its four-game road trip, is just 6-11-2 there this season. The 3-2 loss at Scottrade Center on Nov. 16 in the teams' most recent meeting ended a four-game winning streak against the Blues and a six-game streak of earning at least a point in St. Louis.

Rick Nash, who leads the Blue Jackets with 21 goals and 36 points, has found the back of the net in each of his last four games against St. Louis.