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18-18-4 Columbus Blue Jackets LAST GAME: Lost 3-0 at Detroit | Recap NEXT GAME: Jan 9 at Washington LINE: N/A | TOTAL: N/A Matchup | Select TeamAnaheimAtlantaBostonBuffaloCalgaryCarolinaChicagoColoradoColumbusDallasDetroitEdmontonFloridaLos AngelesMinnesotaMontrealNY IslandersNY RangersNashvilleNew JerseyOttawaPhiladelphiaPhoenixPittsburghSan JoseSt. LouisTampa BayTorontoVancouverWashington

HEADLINES Red Wings shut down Blue Jackets Blues make most of power play vs. Blue Jackets Blue Jackets pound Avalanche INJURIES PLAYER POS DESCRIPTION Derick Brassard F Out Indefinitely (shoulder injury) Jason Chimera F Out Indefinitely (groin injury) Kristian Huselius F Day-to-Day (upper-body injury) Rostislav Klesla D Out Indefinitely (foot injury) Rick Nash F Day-to-Day (lower-body injury) Jiri Novotny F Out Indefinitely (upper-body injury) Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D Day-to-Day (knee injury) Raffi Torres F Out Indefinitely (knee injury) BETTING TRENDS No Trends to report. RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE PLAYER DESCRIPTION 01/08/2009 Nikita Filatov Recalled from Syracuse (AHL) 01/06/2009 Jiri Novotny Placed on injured list 01/06/2009 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Activated from injured list 01/06/2009 Stefan Legein Assigned to Syracuse (AHL) 01/06/2009 Nikita Filatov Assigned to Syracuse (AHL) 01/05/2009 Rostislav Klesla Placed on injured list 01/03/2009 Maxim Mayorov Recalled from Syracuse (AHL) 12/27/2008 Craig MacDonald Recalled from Syracuse (AHL) 12/24/2008 Mike York Assigned to Syracuse (AHL) 12/23/2008 Rostislav Klesla Activated from injured list 12/18/2008 Mike York Recalled from Syracuse (AHL) 12/18/2008 Clay Wilson Assigned to Syracuse (AHL) 12/18/2008 Jason Chimera Placed on injured list 12/18/2008 Alexandre Picard Recalled from Syracuse (AHL) 12/17/2008 Derek Dorsett Activated from injured list 12/17/2008 Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Placed on injured list 12/02/2008 Raffi Torres Placed on injured list

LAST 5 GAMES
RESULT	MONEY LINE	TOTAL
Jan 6 - Lost 3-0 at Detroit | Recap	(250)	U (5½)
Jan 3 - Lost 5-2 at St. Louis | Recap	(-120)	O (5)
Jan 2 - Won 6-1 at Colorado | Recap	(120)	O (5)
Dec 31 - Won 2-0 at Anaheim | Recap	(155)	U (5)
Dec 29 - Won 2-0 at Los Angeles | Recap	(105)	U (5½)

TEAM STATISTICS
OFFENSIVE		RANK	DEFENSIVE		RANK
AVERAGE GOALS FOR:	2.6	24	AVERAGE GOALS AGAINST:	2.8	11
AVERAGE SHOTS FOR:	29.9	13	AVERAGE SHOTS AGAINST:	28.0	5
POWER PLAY PERCENTAGE:	10.1	30	PENALTY KILL PERCENTAGE:	81.2	18