Columbus Blue Jackets vs Chicago Blackhawks Prediction: Not a Mandatory Victory

Columbus and Chicago occupy the last places in their conferences. Who will win in their face-to-face game?

A breakthrough was expected from the Blue Jackets this season, but in the end, the team took the last place in the Eastern Conference after the first third of the regular season with a gap of 9 points from the penultimate line. Columbus approaches the match with Chicago with a series of seven defeats in regular time in a row. And only once in this segment did Brad Larsen's team score more than two goals per game.

The Blackhawks perform slightly better than Columbus and occupy the last place in their Western Conference. The team has had ten defeats in regular time in the last 11 matches and, as in the case of the Blue Jackets, has big problems with the attack – only 76 goals in 34 games. Although they did not expect any achievements from Chicago in this championship - the club has again gone into a deep restructuring over the past few years.

Chicago has excellent statistics in the confrontation with Columbus, but it's still not worth laying on a mandatory victory for the Blackhawks in the upcoming game. Luke Richardson's team has been looking too bad lately. Blue Jackets also do not shine and will play neutrally. Moreover, Chicago on the road is one of the league's most grassroots teams.

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