Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets odds, tips and betting trends
Two Eastern Conference squads hit the ice when the seventh-place Tampa Bay Lightning (4-2-3) visit the 15th-place Columbus Blue Jackets (3-4-2) at Nationwide Arena on Thursday at 7:00 PM ET.
Tampa Bay fell in a 4-3 overtime defeat at home its last time out on October 30 against the Seattle Kraken.
Columbus’ last game was a road loss, 5-3, to the Dallas Stars on October 30.
Before watching this matchup, here is everything you need to know about Thursday’s action on the ice.
- Favorite: Lightning (-162)
- Underdog: Blue Jackets (+136)
- Over/under: 6.5
- Tampa Bay has gone 3-2 as the oddsmakers’ choice this season.
- Through one game with moneyline odds shorter than -162 this season, the Lightning have been victorious every time.
- Tampa Bay has a 61.8% chance of winning this game, based on the moneyline odds.
- Tampa Bay and its opponent have gone over the current 6.5-goal total in six of nine games this season.
- They have averaged 3.6 goals per game (32 total) during that stretch.
- On the defensive end, the Lightning have allowed 26 goals (2.9 per game) in those 10 outings.
- This season the Blue Jackets have three wins in the seven games in which they’ve been an underdog.
- Columbus has three games this season playing as the underdog by +136 or longer, and is 2-1 in those contests.
- The Blue Jackets have a 42.4% chance to win this game (implied from the moneyline).
- So far this season, 44.4% of Columbus’ games (4/9) have had more goals than Thursday’s over/under of 6.5.
- They have put up 23 goals over that stretch.
- Over on the defensive side, the Blue Jackets have given up 27 goals (three per game) in those 10 outings.
- Game Day: Thursday, November 2, 2023
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
