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The red-hot St. Louis Blues will try to remain undefeated against the defending Stanley Cup champions this season when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks for Wednesdays Central Division showdown at United Center. Catch the game on TSN2 starting at 8pm et/5pm pt. With an 8-0-1 record in March, the Blues have vaulted to the top of the NHL standings. A recent victory over the Winnipeg Jets made St. Louis the first team to reach the 100-point mark this season. St. Louis currently sits first in the league with 101 points -- two more than the Boston Bruins. The Blues also are four points ahead of both Anaheim and San Jose in the West standings and hold an eight-point lead over both Chicago and Colorado for first place in the Central. The Blackhawks are currently third in the Central and nine points behind St. Louis. Chicago has a chance to make up some ground in the division race tonight, but St. Louis has gotten the better of the reigning champs so far in 2013-14. The Blues also have earned points in 22 consecutive divisional games (20-0-2), extending a franchise record. The Blues are 3-0 against Chicago this season and have claimed four straight overall in the series. However, each of the last three encounters between the clubs have been decided by just one goal. That includes a 6-5 shootout victory by the Blues in the last meeting on Dec. 28 in St. Louis. Chicago failed to hold a pair of two-goal leads in that meeting in late December and the Blues forced the game beyond regulation by scoring twice during a 1:17 span late in the third period. Still, these clubs have split the last 10 meetings overall and St. Louis has lost 10 of 13 in Chicago despite winning the last two matchups in the Windy City. The Blues won their third straight game Monday night against visiting Winnipeg. David Backes scored twice, including the game-winner with 6:51 left in the third period, as St. Louis secured a 3-1 win over the Jets at Scottrade Center. Backes broke a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal at 13:09 of the third before being credited with an empty-netter at 18:49. Winnipegs Jacob Trouba hauled Backes down from behind with only an empty net in front of him, resulting in a goal. Brenden Morrow scored St. Louis other goal, while Ryan Miller made 16 saves to improve to 7-0-1 since being acquired on Feb. 28 by the Blues. Miller will get another chance to improve on his brilliant start with the Blues tonight. The former Buffalo Sabres netminder is 2-2-0 with a 2.08 goals against average in four career games against Chicago. St. Louis is kicking off a four-game road trip on Wednesday and is 22-9-3 as the visiting team this season. T.J. Oshie will be back for the Blues in the opener of the swing after missing Mondays test to spend time with his wife and the couples newborn daughter. The Blackhawks have lost three of their last four games, but were able to pick up a point in Tuesdays 3-2 overtime loss in Philadelphia. Chicago grabbed an early 2-0 lead by scoring twice in the first 3:51 of the game, but the Blackhawks wouldnt find the net again. After Scott Hartnell scored twice in the first period to even the game, Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux scored the winning goal with just 4.2 seconds left in OT to give the Flyers the victory. With time winding down in the extra session, Giroux flew down the right wing into the zone and from the circle he snapped a laser on net, using Duncan Keith as a screen, and it went in and out of the left corner for the win. Andrew Shaw and Keith had the goals for Chicago. Antti Raanta gave up all three goals on 37 shots. "I think we did a lot of good things tonight. But, definitely really frustrating the way we gave that point up," said Keith. Blackhawks No. 1 netminder Corey Crawford expects to get the start tonight. He is 9-2-3 with a 2.45 GAA in 14 career games against the Blues. 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The 34-year-old Laval, Que. native has played six seasons with the Penguins.Rory Clegg has been named in the Glasgow Warriors starting XV for Friday nights rearranged Guinness PRO12 clash at home to Leinster. The game was due to be played in December but was postponed after the Scotstoun pitch was deemed unplayable.Stand-off Clegg has re-joined the Warriors on a deal until May 2017 and following five months with French Top 14 side Oyonnax, goes straight into the starting line-up to make his first appearance for the club since facing Leinster at the RDS last October. Highlights of the Guinness PRO12 round 17 clash between Glasgow Warriors and Cardiff Blues There is also a return for back-rowers Adam Ashe and Tyrone Holmes who both return from injury. Ashe starts at No 8 after recovering from a shoulder injury, while Holmes is named amongst the replacements following a three-month spell on the sidelines with a foot injury.Peter Murchie retains his place at full-back, with Lee Jones and Rory Hughes continuing on either wing.Clegg starts at stand-off, with Duncan Weir away with Scotland, while Grayson Hart replaces Henry Pyrgos at scrum-half. Leone Nakarawa moves from No 8 back into the engine room to partner USA international Greg Peterson.James Eddie comes in for Rob Harley at blind-side flanker, Simone Favaro replaces Chris Fusaro at open-side and Ashe completes the back-row.Leinster have made eight changes in total from the XV that accounted for the Ospreys last time out with a welcome return from injury for Ireland international Dave Kearney while Academy back Joey Carbery is in line to make his debut from the bench. Highlights of the Guinness PRO12 round 17 clash between Leinster and Ospreys Zane Kirchner starts at full back for his 12th start of the season, with Isa Nacewa captaining the side from the right wing and Dave Kearney coming onto the left for his first game since injuring his shoulder in the Six Nations game against France.ddddddddddddIn the centre, Cullen has again gone with Ben Teo and Garry Ringrose, while in the half backs Luke McGrath and Cathal Marsh will start at nine and ten respectively.In the pack its a new front-row combination with Peter Dooley, James Tracy and Tadhg Furlong packing down. While in the second row Mick Kearney and Hayden Triggs start together for only the second time this season.In the pack Dominic Ryan starts having won his 100th Leinster cap last time out against the Ospreys with try scorer from that same game, Dan Leavy, and Jordi Murphy completing the pack.Glasgow: 15 Peter Murchie (c), Lee Jones, Mark Bennett, Sam Johnson, Rory Hughes, Rory Clegg, 9 Grayson Hart, 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Fraser Brown, 3 Sila Puafisi, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 6 James Eddie, 7 Simone Favaro, 8 Adam Ashe.Replacements: 16 James Malcolm, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Tyrone Holmes, 21 Ali Price, 22 Nick Grigg, 23 Glenn Bryce.Leinster: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Isa Nacewa (c), 13 Garry Ringrose,12 Ben Teo, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Cathal Marsh, 9 Luke McGrath, 1 Peter Dooley, 2 James Tracy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Mick Kearney, 5 Hayden Triggs, 6 Dominic Ryan, 7 Dan Leavy, 8 Jordi Murphy.Replacements: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Michael Bent, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Peadar Timmins, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Noel Reid.Watch Glasgow v Leinster live on Sky Sports 3 HD on Saturday from 7pm. 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