St. Louis Blues (28-31-5) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (20-37-7)
March 11, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Columbus Blue Jackets -125 / St. Louis Blues +105; Over/Under: +6.5
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The St. Louis Blues and the Columbus Blue Jackets meet in NHL action from the Nationwide Arena on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Columbus is a -125 home favorite while St. Louis is a +105 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
For St. Louis, Jake Neighbours is out indefinitely with an upper body injury while Columbus has Elvis Merzlikins listed as out indefinitely with an illness and Sean Kuraly is out until mid-April with an oblique injury.
Matchup History
St. Louis’ 5-2 win over Columbus back on October 15th, 2022, made it five straight meetings between these two teams without back-to-back winners.
Trends
St. Louis is 1-7 in their last 8 road games and 2-8 in their last 10 games overall while the under is 6-1-4 in their last 11 games played on 1 days rest. Columbus is 17-40 in their last 57 games overall and 5-12 in their last 17 games against the Central division while the under is 5-1 in their last 6 home games.
Pick
I’m sticking with the Blues here. I said coming into this game that I’d be on the side where I’m getting plus money and luckily I feel that we’re getting the better team at plus money. Columbus is the worst team in the league and every win hurts their draft positioning. St. Louis is a streaky team, but they’re the better team and won their last outing so I think they can start a new win streak here. Give me St. Louis.
