Blue Jackets vs Lightning Prediction, Odds, Picks Jan. 10

Columbus Blue Jackets have been struggling all season. They were shut out against Washington Capitals on Sunday. Next they will play the Tampa Bay Lightning, who won the East last season and have won two in a row.

Columbus Blue Jackets have had a disappointing season. They were shut out against Washington Capitals on Sunday. Tampa Bay Lightning won the East last season and are favourites to beat Blue Jacket. They have lost two in a row but have generally been good recently.

Blue Jackets have had three different goalies start 10-plus games this season. Joonas Korpisalo has been better statistically, but Elvis Merzlikins has a better record. Blue Jackets are 27th in goals scored per game and 27st in goal scored/allowed per team.

Tampa Bay has won 17 of their last 24 games. Nikita Kucherov has 55 points on the season. Steven Stamkos has 43 points and Brayden Point 39. Andrei Vasilevskiy has the seventh-best record among goalkeepers at 16-10-1.

The Blue Jackets lost to the Lightning twice this season.

Blue Jackets (12-25-2) and Lightning (24-13-1) are playing each other on Tuesday, Jan. 10th at 7:00 p.m. ET at Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL.

Tampa Bay is listed at -420 in Vegas lines. Columbus is +340. The implied probability is 80.77% for the Blue Jackets to win. The Lightning is at 22.73%.