Blue Jackets vs. Maple Leafs Pick

Toronto Maple Leafs (31-13-8) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (15-32-4)
February 10, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Columbus Blue Jackets +190 / Toronto Maple Leafs -250; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Columbus Blue Jackets meet in NHL action from the Nationwide Arena on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Toronto is listed as a -250 home favorite and Columbus is a +190 home underdog with a total for this game set at 6.5 goals.

Injuries

For Toronto, Matt Murray is still out until mid-February with an ankle issue and Auston Matthews is also out until then with a knee injury. For Columbus, Lane Pederson, Adam Boqvist and Nick Blankenburg are all questionable for this game with an upper body injury.

Matchup History

Toronto’s 5-4 win back on March 7, 2022, made it eight straight meetings without back-to-back wins in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

Toronto is 11-5 in their last 16 games against a team with a losing record and 37-18 in their last 55 games against the Metropolitan division while the over is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games overall. Columbus is 1-4 in their last 5 home games and 13-39 in their last 52 games against the Eastern Conference while the over is 4-1 in their last 5 games against the Eastern Conference .

Pick

I’m backing the over here. Toronto is fully capable of lighting the scoreboard ablaze, but the problem is that the goaltending started to get shaky just before the all-star break and even if it shapes up here I wouldn’t be surprised if Toronto got 4-5 goals here at the very least. Give me the over here.