Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Montreal Canadiens odds, tips and betting trends
Two teams near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings hit the ice when the 15th-place Columbus Blue Jackets (7-12-4) host the 13th-place Montreal Canadiens (9-10-2) at Nationwide Arena on Wednesday at 7:00 PM ET.
Columbus secured a 5-2 home victory over the Boston Bruins its last time out on November 27.
Montreal played on the road in its last game on November 25, and fell 4-0 against the Los Angeles Kings.
Here is what you need to prepare for Wednesday’s hockey game.
- Favorite: Blue Jackets (-132)
- Underdog: Canadiens (+110)
- Over/under: 6.5
- While playing three games as the moneyline favorite this season, Columbus has been victorious once.
- In two games with moneyline odds lower than -132, the Blue Jackets have one win.
- Columbus has a 56.9% chance of winning this game, according to the moneyline odds.
- Columbus’ games this season have gone over 6.5 goals 13 of 23 times.
- In their last 10 games, the Blue Jackets are 3-6-1 to earn 60.0% of the possible points.
- They have put up 33 goals over that span.
- Defensively, the Blue Jackets have allowed 32 goals (3.2 per game) in those 10 outings.
- The Canadiens have been the underdog 18 times this season, and upset their opponent in six, or 33.3%, of those games.
- Montreal has gone 4-10 when oddsmakers have listed them as underdogs of +110 or longer on the moneyline.
- The win probability for the Canadiens, implied from the moneyline, is 47.6%.
- Montreal’s games have gone over 6.5 goals in 11 of 21 chances this season.
- In the last 10 contests, the Canadiens have earned 70.0% of the possible points with a 4-6-0 record.
- They have scored 25 goals during that stretch.
- Over on the defensive end, the Canadiens have given up 34 goals (3.4 per game) in those 10 outings.
- Game Day: Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
