Stars vs. Blue Jackets Pick

Columbus Blue Jackets (17-34-4) vs. Dallas Stars (30-14-12)
February 18, 2023 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Dallas Stars -250 / Columbus Blue Jackets +190; Over/Under: +6
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The Columbus Blue Jackets and the Dallas Stars meet in NHL action from the American Airlines Center on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Dallas is listed as a -250 home favorite while the Columbus Blue Jackets are +190 road underdogs. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.

Injuries

For Columbus, the most recent injury additions are Lane Pederson who is still out indefinitely with a personal issue and Yegor Chinakhov who is out until later this month with an ankle injury. For Dallas, Joel Kiviranta is out indefinitely with a lower body injury.

Matchup History

Dallas’ 2-1 win back on December 19, 2022, made it back-to-back wins and wins in five of the last six meetings for the Stars.

Trends

Columbus is 21-54 in their last 75 road games and 23-55 in their last 78 games following a win while the under is 6-1 in their last 7 games against the Central division. Dallas is 2-6 in their last 8 games overall and 2-5 in their last 7 home games while the under is 5-0 in their last 5 games played on no rest.

Pick

I’m backing the under here. I just don’t think that Columbus will be able to get anything going against this stout Dallas defense even if we see Scott Wedgewood in here as the backup goalie for the Stars. On the other end, Dallas is still on a back-to-back and has still scored just four goals in their last three games after their loss to Minnesota on Friday. Give me the under here.