Vancouver, British Columbia (My Sportsbook) - The St. Louis Blues seek their 11th win in 12 games when they open a four-game road trip tonight against the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place. The Blues enter tonight's game off a 6-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Dallas Drake and Doug Weight each scored a pair of goals, and Drake also had an assist for a three-point night. Fred Brathwaite made 18 saves for St. Louis. Tom Barrasso is expected to make his first start in goal for the Blues tonight. He will be the fifth netminder for St. Louis this year -- matching a franchise record. Weight has a 10-game point streak with seven goals and 12 assists in that span. Petr Cajanek and Cory Stillman each had a pair of assists for St. Louis. Vancouver won for the third time in four games on Saturday with a 5-2 triumph over the Phoenix Coyotes. Tonight's game marks the first since a riot ensued at GM Place last Thursday, when a Guns-N-Roses concert was cancelled due to a reported scheduling mishap with lead singer Axl Rose. In Saturday's win, Markus Naslund and Todd Bertuzzi each notched a goal and Todd Warriner and Trevor Linden also scored. Linden's goal moves him within two goals of Stan Smyl's club record of 262. Dan Cloutier stopped 35-of-37 shots. Vancouver was 0-for-2 on the power play. St. Louis is 2-1-1 in the last four meetings against Vancouver. In the last 21 matchups, the Blues own a commanding 16-3-2 advantage. The Blues are 5-0-0-0 on the road this year, while Vancouver is 1-4-2-0 at home.
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