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Blue Jackets vs. Panthers Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/1/23

Florida Panthers (38-31-7) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (23-43-8)
April 1, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Columbus Blue Jackets +185 / Florida Panthers -215; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Florida Panthers and the Columbus Blue Jackets meet in NHL action from the Nationwide Arena on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Florida is listed as a -215 road favorite while Columbus is a +185 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.

Injuries

Sergei Bobrovsky is questionable for this game with an illness while Sam Bennett is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury for the Panthers. For Columbus, Adam Boqvist, Lane Pederson and Elvis Merzlikins are all questionable for this game.

Matchup History

Florida’s 4-0 win over Columbus back on December 13th, 2022, snapped the Blue Jackets’ two-game win streak in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Florida is 3-8 in their last 11 games against the Metropolitan division and 5-2 in their last 7 games following a win while the under is 1-0-3 in their last 4 games overall. Columbus is 3-12 in their last 15 games against the Atlantic division and 16-40 in their last 56 games overall while the over is 6-1 in their last 7 games overall.

Pick

I’m sticking with the Panthers on the puck line here. They’re just the better team with something to play for here while the Blue Jackets have nothing but pride and ping pong balls to sort out. The M.O for the Panthers this season has been beat up on the bad teams and frankly it doesn’t get worse than Columbus. Give me the Panthers -1.5 here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Florida -1.5

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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