Preview: Blue Jackets hope to keep hot start going vs Blues

GAME 11: BLUE JACKETS (7-3-0) AT BLUES (8-2-1)
SCOTTRADE CENTER, 8 P.M., SATURDAY
TV: FOX SPORTS OHIO/FOX SPORTS GO
RADIO: CD 102.5 FM & BLUEJACKETS.COM
The Blue Jackets are off to a record start with 14 points through the first 10 games for the first time in franchise history, and can repeat that accomplishment with a victory against St. Louis in Game 11.
A win would give the Jackets 16 points and pushed them past the 2007-08 team's 15 points in the first 11 games (7-3-1).
Columbus and St. Louis come into this game under similar circumstances, after each started a back-to-back Friday night with a 2-1 win on the road.
The Blue Jackets defeated the Winnipeg Jets in overtime on the first OT goal of Josh Anderson's NHL career, while the Blues got a game-winning goal from Brayden Schenn in the third period to down the Carolina Hurricanes.
Columbus has won its past two games to split a four-game homestand, while St. Louis has won its past two games and has points in five straight (4-0-1). This is also the third back-to-back in October for each team, and their goal differentials are exactly the same.
The Blues (36-27) and Blue Jackets (32-23) have each scored nine more goals than they've allowed.

The difference in goaltending is also small between No.1 goalies Jake Allen and Sergei Bobrovsky, who started for Columbus on Friday.
If Bobrovsky doesn't start, it will be Joonas Korpisalo. Allen is expected to start for the Blues, who recalled goalie Ville Husso from San Antonio of the American Hockey League on Saturday. Husso might be Allen's backup. Carter Hutton, who made 26 saves for St. Louis on Friday, might miss the game if his wife goes into labor.
Since Feb. 2 of last season, Allen and Bobrovsky - the reigning Vezina Trophy winner -- are almost neck-and-neck statistically. In that timeframe, Bobrovsky has the top save percentage (.936) and goals-against average (1.97) in the NHL, while Allen (.932, 2.06) is second in both categories.
Korpisalo hasn't played in four games, after making 24 saves to beat Winnipeg 5-2 on Oct. 17 at Bell MTS Place, and it seems like a natural fit to get him another start to conclude two games in two nights.
Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella plays it close to the vest with his lineup decisions, though, especially goaltending, and said it's no sure thing Bobrovsky gets a night off.
"It's a hard question to answer, because it depends on where the team is, where the momentum of our team is, a lot of different things," Tortorella said Friday, prior to watching Bobrovsky make 29 saves for his fifth win of the season. "I don't get too far ahead, and not all back-to-backs I believe in playing two goalies. I don't get too far ahead, so it's an everyday decision when it comes to that, as far as which goalie plays."
Home ice is another interesting statistic in this series. The home team has won nine of the past 11 games in the series, and the Blues are 3-0-0 at Scottrade Center - one of only two teams that hasn't lost at home yet (Tampa Bay Lightning the other).
SERIES RECORD
2017-18 Season: (0-0-0). This is the first of two games this season. The Blues will visit Columbus on Mar. 24 at Nationwide Arena.
All-time: 30-36-15; 10-23-8 at Scottrade Center
"BY THE NUMBERS"
EYES ON: THE BLUES
EYES ON: THE BLUE JACKETS
FUN FACT
The Blue Jackets' franchise record for penalty minutes in a period belongs to former defenseman Duvie Westcott, who racked up 31 minutes in penalties in the second period against the Blues on April 13, 2006. Westcott only logged 11:50 in the game, and was assessed six penalties in the period - including five at the 11:25 mark. Westcott was called for hooking, instigating, instigating with a face shield, fighting and was given two 10-minute misconducts - including one for instigating.
QUOTABLES
"I'm never going to stand up here and say, 'You know what, we got it. We're playing,' because the next game it's going to be something different. It's the game of hockey. That's why I say you just find a way to win. That's the most important thing, and I think we have found ways to win hockey games."
- Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella
"I lie. I lied … I can't sit here and say my lines in Game 9 or Game 10 are going to be the same in game 20. That is just not the way the game's played. It's such a game of different flows. I don't know where a team's going to be." - Tortorella on tinkering with line combinations
"It wasn't pretty, was it? We didn't play well at all, especially in the first five, 10 minutes of the game. They were all over us, taking it to us. After the second period, Torts just came in and said, 'We've got to find a way to win,' and that's what we've done all year. We find different ways to win, and we stuck with it. - Blue jackets defenseman Seth Jones
"This league never allows us a lot of time to sit around and be happy about things. We will be for a little bit, but we'll get on the plane and we'll get to work here with Columbus. That'll be a tough one." - Blues coach Mike Yeo, following a 2-1 win for St. Louis on Friday in Carolina.
PROJECTED LINEUPS
BLUES
Forward lines
Vladimir Sobotka - Paul Statsny - Alexander Steen
Jaden Schwartz - Brayden Schenn - Vladimir Tarasenko
Magnus Paajarvi - Oskar Sundqvist - Beau Bennett
Scottie Upshall - Kyle Brodziak - Dmitrij Jaskin
Defense pairs
Joel Edmundson - Alex Pietrangelo
Carl Gunnarsson - Colton Parayko
Robert Bortuzzo - Vince Dunn
Goaltenders
Jake Allen
Ville Husso or Carter Hutton
Out: Chris Thorburn, Nate Prosser, Ville Husso or Carter Hutton
Injured reserve: Zach Sanford (left shoulder), Robby Fabbri (left knee), Jay Bouwmeester (left ankle), Patrik Berglund (left shoulder)
BLUE JACKETS
Forward lines
Artemi Panarin - Nick Foligno - Josh Anderson
Boone Jenner - Brandon Dubinsky - Cam Atkinson
Matt Calvert - Alexander Wennberg - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Sonny Milano - Zac Dalpe - Pierre-Luc Dubois
Defense pairs
Zach Werenski - Seth Jones
Jack Johnson - David Savard
Ryan Murray - Markus Nutivaara
Goaltenders
Joonas Korpisalo
or
Sergei Bobrovsky
Out:Markus Hannikainen, Scott Harrington
Injured reserve:Gabriel Carlsson (undisclosed), Lukas Sedlak (ankle)