Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction: Comparing them is somewhat naive and pointless

Prediction for the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets vs Colorado Avalanche match which will take place on April 2nd. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Only eight games separate Columbus from a long-awaited vacation. The current regular season has been extremely difficult for the Jackets, who started dropping points in the early games. At the end of the season, Pascal Vincent's team failed again, losing six of their last seven games, with their only win coming a day earlier in a 4:3 victory over Pittsburgh. Columbus is later in the Eastern Conference.

Colorado is a team of a completely different level, which will undoubtedly play in the upcoming Stanley Cup, where Denver will be one of the leading contenders for the trophy. The first half of the regular season was a mixed bag for them, but gradually, the experienced and skilled bunch improved, allowing them to enter the Cup battles in great shape. In the last 12 games, Jared Bednar's team has only gone without a point once, losing 2:1 to Montreal, 3:2 in a shootout against the Rangers, and winning the remaining ten games. That puts the Avalanche in second place in the Western Conference.

Columbus and Colorado are opponents with entirely different skill levels and ambitions, so comparing them is somewhat naive and pointless. For the Jackets, the end of the regular season has no tournament significance, as they are in last place in the Eastern Conference and are eight games away from the playoffs. The fun is just beginning for the Avalanche as they are in second place in the Western Conference and are ready to compete for the Stanley Cup. 

The confrontation between Columbus and Colorado in recent years has spoilt us with high-goal activity. In the last ten games, the opponents have combined for 71 pucks (an average of 7.10 per game), which is very high by North American hockey standards. The Avalanche have been particularly strong offensively, finding the Jackets' net 17 times (5.67 average per game) in the last three meetings, an impressive statistic.