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The Vancouver Canucks (27-24-9) are one point out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference, but will play one last game vs the St. Louis Blues (39-12-6) who sit atop the Central Division. Watch the free live stream online as the Canucks actually go for the season-sweep.

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With seven Blues playing in the maximum six games in Sochi, coach Ken Hitchcock may be forced to give some of his stars a break during a three-game road trip.

"It's going to be really interesting to see all of these guys coming back that played in some of the important games over there, how quickly they can mentally turn that off and get refocused for some real important hockey," said Blues associate coach Brad Shaw, who has been running practice while Hitchcock served as an assistant coach for Canada. "That'll be a real tough mental challenge for those guys and we'll have to maybe expect some play that is a little bit haywire at times. Hopefully we'll have enough guys pointed in the right direction."

Shaw said the Blues may have to give their Olympians some additional rest.

"I don't think it's written in stone, but there is an idea that some guys will probably need a break, some may not," he said. "A lot of the guys that went over, a [Alex Pietrangelo] or [Jay Bouwmeester], who average 25 minutes and end up playing a 17 or 18 minutes, might be able to come right back in. It's hard to say."

Vancouver is in danger of losing its eighth straight game. It has not lost eight straight since Jan. 9-31, 2009, and last dropped that many in regulation during a 10-game skid Oct. 23-Nov. 11, 1997.

"We've dug ourselves a pretty big hole here, but we need to look at it as a challenge," coach John Tortorella, whose team has been outscored 26-11 in the previous seven told NHL.com. "We're not dead and gone. We've allowed a lot of teams to get back in and pass us, as far the playoffs are concerned. But we still have enough games to crawl back in."