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First-year coach Willie Desjardins wants consistency from the Vancouver Canucks, and theyve had a great deal of it against the Calgary Flames. The Canucks go for a 10th straight victory over the Flames as they try to wrap up this five-game homestand above .500 on Saturday night. Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1040 in Vancouver starting at 5pm pt. Chris Higgins returns to the Canucks line-up after missing the last game due to illness. Frank Corrado could make his season debut on defense, although there was no official confirmation after a light optional skate. Neither Canuck netminder took part in this mornings session but Ryan Miller is expected to make his second straight start in goal. Vancouver (23-13-3) is on a 5-6-2 stretch, which includes splitting eight games at home after giving up three unanswered goals in a 3-1 loss to Florida on Thursday. One thing I always want to be is consistent. I dont think theres any reason you cant play a certain way, Desjardins said. I dont think we were sharp the whole night. We dont seem to be able to be consistent. The Canucks certainly are against Calgary (21-18-3), winning nine straight meetings. Theyre also 13-1-1 in the last 15 home matchups, taking eight in a row after winning 3-2 on Christopher Tanevs goal 18 seconds into overtime Dec. 20. Daniel Sedin scored for just the second time in 12 games Thursday, but that stretch also includes nine assists with two coming against the Flames last month. The star left wing, who leads the team with 36 points, has 79 in 77 career regular-season meetings for his highest output against any opponent. Henrik Sedins 73 points in 80 games versus Calgary rank second in his career against any team, and hes compiled 15 of them in the past 11 matchups. Radim Vrbata has a goal in each of the two this season. Vrbata, though, had a three-game goal streak end Thursday after an illness forced him to miss Tuesdays 3-2 win over the New York Islanders. The Flames are opening a five-game road trip after losing the last three of a six-game homestand. They failed to finish that stretch above .500 after a see-saw 6-5 loss to Florida on Friday, falling for the 11th time in 15 tries (4-10-1). T.J. Brodie and Matt Stajan had two goals each against the Panthers after going a combined 30 games without one. Brodies eight goals on the season are a career high and double his previous mark set last season, when he had a personal-best 31 points. Hes three back of that mark in 2014-15, and among the NHLs highest scoring defensemen. The Flames Mark Giordano, who assisted on a goal by Brodie on Friday, is tied with Kevin Shattenkirk of St. Louis with 36 points for the most by a blueliner. Giordano, though, has two points in 11 career games at Vancouver, while Brodie has none in eight. Rookie Johnny Gaudreau, however, is already finding success against the Canucks, scoring two goals in three matchups after netting one Dec. 20. 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Iwakuma pitched seven strong innings to stay unbeaten in road games since last July, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 5-2 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night. CHICAGO -- Starlin Castro is working hard to overcome the perception that he doesnt care. After making an error that led to three unearned runs in the first inning, the Chicago Cubs shortstop was determined to atone for the mistake. "I just wanted to try and pick up my teammates," Castro said. "Its my fault that I made an error." Castro went 3 for 4 with three RBIs to offset his miscue and help the Cubs outlast the New York Mets for a 5-4 win in a mistake-filled game that featured a combined 13 pitchers and 15 walks. "Starlin had a couple of nice at-bats making up," Chicago manager Rick Renteria said. "He was really upset that he wasnt able to make the play. He thought he should have made the play." Anthony Rizzo went 1 for 2 with two walks and two runs scored for the Cubs. Lucas Duda had a two-run double to lead a Mets offence that again failed to get the clutch hit. New York loaded the bases in the fifth and sixth innings without scoring. The Mets have dropped two straight after winning three in a row and are 8-18 in one-run games. Cubs starter Edwin Jackson (4-5) was victimized by his defence and his own lack of command, but managed to get through five innings, giving up five hits and five walks. Just one of the four runs he surrendered was earned. Hector Rondon pitched the ninth for his seventh save in eight chances. Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka didnt make it through the fifth, allowing four runs on four hits and five walks in 4 1-3 innings. Reliever Dana Eveland (0-1) gave up a run in 2-3 of an inning to take the loss. "We got off to a good start," New York manager Terry Collins said. "We just havent been able to add on. Weve had opportunities to put games away. We had the bases loaded several times and were getting guys on so its not like were not getting on base. Were just not hitting with guys on base, which has been the tune thus far the way we started the season." The Mets scorred three unearned runs in the first inning thanks to Castros error.dddddddddddd With two on and two out, Bobby Abreu hit a sharp grounder up the middle. Castro was playing behind second base in the shift, but booted the ball to allow a run to score. Duda then compounded the Cubs woes by doubling to left field to drive in two runs for a 3-0 lead. The Cubs answered in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs. Castro plated the first with a run-scoring single and the next batter, Nate Schierholtz, drove in the other with a groundout to first. The Mets stretched the lead to 4-2 in the fourth when Ruben Tejada drilled a 2-0 pitch from Jackson six rows into the left-field bleachers. The solo shot was Tejadas second home run in less than a week. He homered Saturday in Philadelphia to snap a streak of 552 homerless at-bats, the longest active streak in the major leagues at the time. The Mets had a chance to tack on runs in the fifth after loading the bases with two out, but Anthony Recker popped out to first base to end the threat. Jackson threw 110 pitches and was happy that he was allowed to finish the fifth. "When the coaches have an opportunity to come pull you out and the bullpen is ready and they leave you out there," he said, "you feel like you kind of owe it to them -- whatever the situation -- to get through it." The Cubs then pushed across three runs in the bottom of the inning for a 5-4 lead. Fittingly, the winning run scored on a wild pitch from reliever Jeurys Familia. The Cubs bullpen then made it hold up as six relievers combined to keep the Mets scoreless in the final four innings. NOTES: After the game, the Mets designated RHP Buddy Carlyle for assignment. 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