The Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets meet Monday in NHL action at Nationwide Arena. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Detroit Red Wings Betting Preview

The Detroit Red Wings look for their first road win after splitting their first two games. The Red Wings have lost 3 straight road games. The Detroit Red Wings are averaging 4.5 goals per game and are scoring on 40 percent of their power play opportunities. Alex DeBrincat leads Detroit with 3 goals, J.T. Compher has 2 assists and Dylan Larkin has 13 shots on goal. Defensively, the Detroit Red Wings are allowing 4 goals per game and are killing 75 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ville Husso has given up 7 goals on 51 shots faced.

Detroit Red Wings Team Facts

• The Red Wings have lost four of their last six games as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
• The Red Wings have failed to cover the puck line in six of their last seven games as favorites following a home win.
• The Red Wings have lost the second period in each of their last five games following a home win.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3′ market has hit in each of the Red Wings’ last eight games as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Preview

The Columbus Blue Jackets look for their second home win to improve to 2-1-0 on the season. The Blue Jackets have split their last 8 home games. The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 3.5 goals per game and are scoring on 20 percent of their power play opportunities. Boone Jenner leads Columbus with 3 goals, Kirill Marchenko has 3 assists and Patrik Laine has 6 shots on goal. Defensively, the Columbus Blue Jackets are allowing 3.5 goals per game and are killing 83.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Spencer Martin has allowed 2 goals on 17 shots faced, and Elvis Merzlikins has given up 2 goals on 60 shots.

Columbus Blue Jackets Team Facts

• The Blue Jackets have lost eight of their last nine games following a home win.
• The road team has covered the puck line in each of the last four games between the Red Wings and Blue Jackets.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3’ market has hit in each of the last eight games between the Red Wings and Blue Jackets.
• The road team has won the first period in each of the last five games between the Red Wings and Blue Jackets.

Randy’s Pick

It’s early in the same but both of these offenses have been on fire out of the gate through two games and the defenses have been a bit leaky as well. All four combined games for the Red Wings and Blue Jackets have produced at least 6 goals. Only the Avalanche are averaging more shots per game than the Red Wings up to this point. The over has hit in 4 of the last 5 meetings between the Red Wings and Blue Jackets. The over is 14-6-2 in the Blue Jacket’s last 22 games overall. I expect the fireworks to continue for both sides. Give me the over 6.5 goals.