Blue Jackets vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - October 26, 2023

Scoreboard	1	2	3	OT	Odds
Columbus Blue Jackets 27-43-10-2	2	1	0	0	+6.5
Montreal Canadiens 30-36-8-8	0	2	1	1	+105

Date	Result	Competition
04/16/24	Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-32-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 30-36-8-8 ) 4 - 4	Atlantic
04/16/24	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 52-23-2-5 ) Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 27-43-10-2 ) 3 - 6	Metropolitan
04/15/24	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 30-36-8-8 ) Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-32-8-1 ) 4 - 5	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	+1.5 0	0	U+6.50
Montreal Canadiens MON	-1.5 0	0	O+6.50

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 25 Oct 7:09pm	-	-	-	O +6.5 -120
Closing 25 Oct 7:09pm	-	-	-	O +6.5 -120

Nick Suzuki Center Columbus	77	Points	60	Johnny Gaudreau Left Wing Montreal
Johnathan Kovacevic Defense Columbus	11	+ / -	1	Luca Del Bel Belluz Center Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing Columbus	314	Shots	202	Zach Werenski Defense Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Columbus	81	Penalty Mins	74	Erik Gudbranson Defense Montreal
Sam Montembeault Goaltender Columbus	16	Wins	13	Elvis Merzlikins Goaltender Montreal
Cayden Primeau Goaltender Columbus	3.0	GAA	3	Malcolm Subban Goaltender Montreal

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB Montreal Canadiens MON

	Stat
3	Games Won	3
2	Games Lost	2
4-6-0	Last 10	2-4-2-2
2-2-1	W L Streak	2-2-0
3-3	Against The Spread	3-3
-98	Money	-109
2-2-1	Home	2-2-0
1-0-0	Away	1-0-0-1
2-4	Total	3-3

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	CLB:Shots	CLB:Goals	CLB:Assists
04/11/2026	MON 2 - CLB 5	CLB	Over 6	33	5	9	22	2	4
03/26/2026	MON 2 - CLB 1	MON	Under 6.5	26	1	2	20	2	4
11/17/2025	CLB 3 - MON 3	MON	Under 6	32	3	6	23	3	6
12/23/2024	CLB 5 - MON 4	CLB	Over 6.5	31	4	8	32	5	9
11/27/2024	CLB 3 - MON 4 (OT)	MON	Over 6.5	23	4	4	24	3	6
11/16/2024	MON 5 - CLB 1	MON	Under 6.5	26	1	2	30	5	8
03/12/2024	MON 3 - CLB 0	MON	Under 6.5	23	3	5	41	0	0
11/29/2023	CLB 2 - MON 4	MON	Under 6.5	31	4	7	28	2	2
10/26/2023	MON 4 - CLB 3	MON	Over 6.5	29	4	6	36	3	6
03/25/2023	MON 8 - CLB 2	MON	Over 6.5	23	2	4	32	8	16
11/23/2022	CLB 1 - MON 3	MON	Under 6.5	29	3	4	31	1	0
11/17/2022	CLB 6 - MON 4	CLB	Over 6.5	42	4	8	29	6	10
04/13/2022	CLB 5 - MON 1	CLB	Under 6.5	21	1	2	31	5	10
02/12/2022	MON 1 - CLB 2	CLB	Under 6.5	42	2	3	31	1	1
01/30/2022	MON 3 - CLB 6	CLB	Over 6.5	36	6	6	35	3	6
02/02/2020	MON 3 - CLB 4	CLB	Over 5.5	27	4	5	30	3	6
11/19/2019	CLB 5 - MON 2	CLB	Over 6	32	2	4	26	5	9
11/12/2019	MON 2 - CLB 2	CLB	Under 6	35	2	4	32	2	4
03/28/2019	CLB 6 - MON 2	CLB	Over 5.5	28	2	4	30	6	7
02/19/2019	MON 3 - CLB 2	MON	Under 6	33	2	3	32	3	5

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/16/2024	CLB 6 - CAR 3	W	Over 6	41	3	6
04/13/2024	NAS 6 - CLB 4	L	Over 6.5	37	4	6
04/11/2024	FLA 4 - CLB 0	L	Under 6.5	25	0	0
04/09/2024	TB 5 - CLB 2	L	Over 6.5	32	2	4
04/07/2024	CAR 3 - CLB 0	L	Under 6.5	23	0	0
04/06/2024	CLB 6 - PHI 2	W	Over 6.5	39	2	3
04/04/2024	CLB 2 - NYI 4	L	Under 6	41	4	6
04/01/2024	CLB 4 - COL 1	W	Under 7	46	1	2
03/30/2024	CLB 3 - PIT 3	W	Under 6.5	33	3	5
03/28/2024	PIT 3 - CLB 2	L	Under 6.5	19	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/16/2024	MON 4 - DET 4	W	Over 6.5	33	4	8
04/15/2024	DET 5 - MON 4	L	Over 6.5	35	5	10
04/13/2024	OTT 4 - MON 4	W	Over 6	44	4	8
04/11/2024	NYI 3 - MON 2	L	Under 6	31	3	5
04/09/2024	MON 9 - PHI 3	W	Over 6	30	9	15
04/07/2024	NYR 5 - MON 2	L	Over 6	46	5	9
04/06/2024	MON 2 - TOR 4	L	Under 6.5	26	2	4
04/04/2024	MON 4 - TB 7	L	Over 6.5	30	4	8
04/02/2024	MON 5 - FLA 3	W	Over 5.5	38	5	6
03/30/2024	MON 0 - CAR 3	L	Under 6	26	0	0

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.63	31
Shots Against	34.41	31
Penalty Kill (%)	76	27
Shutouts	1	30
Penalty Mins	626	4

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.43	27
Shots Against	33.39	30
Penalty Kill (%)	76	26
Shutouts	2	25
Penalty Mins	818	25

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.85	25
Shots	29.98	20
Power Play (%)	15	31
Faceoff (%)	47	28
Penalty Mins	672	24

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.83	26
Shots	27.67	28
Power Play (%)	17	28
Faceoff (%)	51	11
Penalty Mins	837	7

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Dmitri Voronkov (LW)	Out Tues	Illness - 16 / 04 / 24	0-1	1-0	Details
Carson Meyer (RW)	out for season	Upper Body - 09 / 04 / 24	0-4	2-2	Details
Alexander Nylander (LW)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 09 / 04 / 24	0-4	2-2	Details
Johnny Gaudreau (LW)	Prob Sat	Illness - 05 / 04 / 24	1-5	3-2-1	Details
Jake Bean (D)	out for season	Hand - 04 / 04 / 24	2-5	3-3-1	Details
Daniil Tarasov (G)	out for season	Upper Body - 04 / 04 / 24	2-5	3-3-1	Details
Justin Danforth (RW)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 03 / 04 / 24	2-5	3-3-1	Details
Elvis Merzlikins (G)	Prob Tues	Lower Body - 01 / 04 / 24	3-5	4-3-1	Details
Alexander Nylander (LW)	Prob Sat	Upper Body - 26 / 03 / 24	4-7	5-5-1	Details
Zach Werenski (D)	Ques Fri	Lower Body - 21 / 03 / 24	5-8	6-5-2	Details

Montreal Canadiens MON

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Arber Xhekaj (D)	out for season	Shoulder - 06 / 04 / 24	4-3	5-2	Details
Kaiden Guhle (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 04 / 04 / 24	5-3	6-2	Details
Kaiden Guhle (D)	Elig Tues	Suspension - 29 / 03 / 24	6-4	6-4	Details
Joshua Roy (RW)	Mid May	Upper Body - 20 / 03 / 24	9-6	8-7	Details
Colin White (C)	Prob Thurs	Upper Body - 05 / 03 / 24	14-7	10-11	Details
Juraj Slafkovsky (LW)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 05 / 03 / 24	14-7	10-11	Details
Johnathan Kovacevic (D)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 03 / 03 / 24	14-7	10-11	Details
Jake Evans (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 26 / 02 / 24	17-7	12-11-1	Details
Jayden Struble (D)	Prob Tues	Lower Body - 22 / 02 / 24	18-8	12-13-1	Details
Jordan Harris (D)	Prob Wed	Upper Body - 11 / 02 / 24	21-10	15-15-1	Details

Columbus Blue Jackets CLB

Over is 5-2 in Blue Jackets last 7 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 6-1 in Blue Jackets last 7 Thursday games.

Under is 4-1 in Blue Jackets last 5 games as a favorite.

Blue Jackets are 31-81 in their last 112 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 34-16-3 in Blue Jackets last 53 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Canadiens are 15-40 in their last 55 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.

Over is 20-8-1 in Canadiens last 29 Thursday games.

Canadiens are 22-50 in their last 72 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Over is 7-2-1 in Canadiens last 10 games as a favorite.

Under is 5-2 in Canadiens last 7 following a home loss of 3 or more goals.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

8.3

13.8

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 27-43-10-2 )	W L L L L
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 30-36-8-8 )	L L L W L

Nick Suzuki Center Columbus	77	Points	60	Johnny Gaudreau Left Wing Montreal
Johnathan Kovacevic Defense Columbus	11	+ / -	1	Luca Del Bel Belluz Center Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing Columbus	314	Shots	202	Zach Werenski Defense Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Columbus	81	Penalty Mins	74	Erik Gudbranson Defense Montreal
Sam Montembeault Goaltender Columbus	16	Wins	13	Elvis Merzlikins Goaltender Montreal
Cayden Primeau Goaltender Columbus	3.0	GAA	3	Malcolm Subban Goaltender Montreal

team	gp games_played	w games_won	l games_lost	otl games_lost_overtime
Boston Bruins BOS	9	7	2	0
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	8	6	2	0
Florida Panthers FLA	9	5	2	2
Ottawa Senators OTT	9	6	3	0
Buffalo Sabres BUF	9	4	3	1
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	10	4	4	1
Montreal Canadiens MON	8	4	3	1
Detroit Red Wings DET	8	3	3	1
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	10	7	2	1
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	11	7	3	1
Washington Capitals WAS	8	5	3	0
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	8	4	3	0
New Jersey Devils NJ	8	4	4	0
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	10	3	6	0
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	11	2	6	2
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	7	3	4	0

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