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{allcanada} BLUE JACKETS (18-7-3) at MAPLE LEAFS (21-17-3)

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Friday, January 9, 2015

7:30 PM ET

BLUE JACKETS (18-7-3) at MAPLE LEAFS (21-17-3)

TV: FS-O, TSN4

Season series: Phil Kessel and Daniel Winnik each had a goal and two assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Oct. 31. Jonathan Bernier made 29 saves for Toronto. Cam Atkinson scored the only goal for Columbus.

Blue Jackets team scope: Columbus has won four of its past five games and is finishing up a four-game road trip, on which it has won two of three. Ryan Johansen has scored in each of the past five games, and is on an eight-game point streak overall (four goals, five assists). The Blue Jackets practiced Thursday in Toronto, but don't appear to be making any changes to their lineup, according to the Columbus Dispatch. Sergei Bobrovsky is expected to start in goal. Backup goalie Curtis McElhinney took a maintenance day and skated on his own. The Blue Jackets brought in Steve Shields, who retired in 2006, to practice as their second goalie.

Maple Leafs team scope: In the first game under interim coach Peter Horachek, Toronto lost 6-2 to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday. The Maple Leafs recalled forward Troy Bodie from the American Hockey League on Thursday and assigned forward Greg McKegg to the Marlies. Toronto has lost five of its past six, hasn't won in regulation since Dec. 28, and hasn't won at Air Canada Centre since Dec. 16. Defenseman Roman Polak, who was hit in the face by a Troy Brouwer shot Wednesday, did not practice on Thursday, but Horachek said he'll be available for the Friday game, according to TSN. "We have to obviously get all the little details stronger as a group, everybody on the same page, and then I think the wins will start to follow," Horachek said after Toronto practiced on Thursday, according to the team's website.

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