By The Associated Press

St. Louis Blues (36-20-9, fourth in the Central) vs. Vancouver Canucks (32-27-9, fifth in the Pacific)

Vancouver, British Columbia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. PST

BOTTOM LINE:

• St. Louis visits the Vancouver Canucks after Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals in the Blues’ 4-1 victory over the Canucks.

• The Canucks are 18-13-6 in Western Conference games.
• Vancouver ranks sixth in the Western Conference with 32.2 shots per game and is averaging 2.8 goals.

• The Blues are 24-8-5 against conference opponents.
• St. Louis is fourth in the league averaging 6.2 assists per game, led by Robert Thomas with 0.7.

• The teams square off for the second game in a row.

TOP PERFORMERS:

• J.T. Miller has 80 total points for the Canucks, 28 goals and 52 assists.
• Bo Horvat has eight goals and one assist over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

• Jordan Kyrou leads the Blues with 40 total assists and has 62 points.
• David Perron has 11 goals and four assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

LAST 10 GAMES:

• Canucks:
  • 3-4-3
  • averaging 2.4 goals, 4.2 assists, three penalties and 6.5 penalty minutes
  • giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .924 save percentage.

• Blues:
  • 4-4-2
  • averaging 3.6 goals, 6.3 assists, 3.4 penalties and 7.4 penalty minutes
  • giving up 3.2 goals per game with an .896 save percentage.

INJURIES:

• Canucks: Matthew Highmore: out (upper body).

• Blues: Torey Krug: out (upper-body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.