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Jacques Plante

Rolling Blues take on playoff-hopeful Blue Jackets

The St. Louis Blues look to push their winning streak to seven straight games on Friday night when they visit the playoff-hopeful Columbus Blue Jackets.The Blues' longest winning streak of the season is also their longest since winning seven in a row from Oct. 22-Nov. 7, 2010. It has also come at a great time as St. Louis has surged into the sixth spot in the Western Conference, one point behind the San Jose Sharks and six up on the ninth-place Phoenix Coyotes.While the Blues have only scored four goals over their last three games, it has been enough thanks to Brian Elliott, who posted his third straight shutout on Thursday night with a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild.Elliott made 23 saves to record his 21st career shutout. He has been on fire since Jaroslav Halak went down with a groin injury on April 1 and has not allowed a goal in 189 minutes and 31 seconds. He set an individual club record last season with a shutout span of 241:33.His current shutout string has come on the road...

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