Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions, and odds | December 6, 2024

The Columbus Blue Jackets will play their fourth of five consecutive road games on Friday against the Vancouver Canucks. After losing two straight games this week, the Blue Jackets (11-11-3) will attempt to get back in the win column against a Canucks team (13-7-4) keen to improve in the Pacific Division standings and repeat as divisional winners.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vancouver Canucks: Head-to-head & Key Stats

The Blue Jackets vs. Canucks game will be the first meeting between these two teams this season. They will face off again before the end of the season on Mar. 28.

• Columbus ranks eighth in the league for goals per game with 3.44.
• Vancouver ranks 11th in the same category with 3.25 goals per game.
• Vancouver ranks 24th in goals against per game, allowing 3.17gpg.
• Columbus ranks second-to-last in the league in the same category, allowing 3.60 goals per game.
• Vancouver has struggled to defend home ice this season, posting a 3-5-3 record at Rogers Arena.
• Columbus has struggled on the road this season, going 2-6-2 in away games.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vancouver Canucks: Preview

The Canucks are sitting in fourth place in a competitive Pacific Division with 30 points. They sit tied with the Edmonton Oilers and just one point behind the third-place Flames, with a chance to potentially overtake them in the standings with a win tonight.

Conversely, Columbus had been on a hot streak, winning five of six games before dropping back-to-back games to the Flames and the Oilers this week.

Currently, the team is tied with the New York Islanders for seventh place in the Metropolitan Division with 25 points. They are one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins and two points behind the Rangers and the Flyers.

Given how competitive the lower half of the Metropolitan Division's standings is, the stakes are high for the Blue Jackets heading into the game.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Vancouver Canucks: Odds & Prediction

Leading up to tonight's game, the Canucks are sitting as pretty comfortable betting favorites on most major sportsbooks.

On FanDuel, Vancouver is a -220 favorite, while the Blue Jackets are +180 underdogs on the flip side.

Meanwhile, on DraftKings, the Canucks are -238 favorites and the Blue Jackets are +195 underdogs, meaning it would take a $238 bet on Vancouver as the favorite to win $100, while a $100 bet on Columbus could win $195.

Prediction: Vancouver Canucks 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 3