Columbus Blue Jackets vs Edmonton Oilers Prediction: Boring Scoring

Prediction for the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets vs Edmonton Oilers match will take place on February 25th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Columbus is one of the worst teams in the league in the current regular season. Brad Larsen could not make progress from his players, who looked very well last season. The team's management strengthened the lineup in the offseason, but the results were still the same. The Jackets began to give out a long series of defeats from the first games, so they quickly stopped being an applicant for the playoff. But lately, Columbus has stopped looking hopeless, having won three wins in the previous six games with three defeats. The Jackets remain in last place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Edmonton is a much more ambitious team, which already achieved good results last season, including in the playoffs. So, now they will try to make even more progress. The Oilers spent the first half of the regular season with varying success, but the tournament position has improved since January. In the last 17 meetings, Jay Woodcroft's wards only once went without scoring points, lost five more times outside of three periods, and in 11 cases, they managed to celebrate a victorious outcome. This breakthrough allowed Edmonton to rise to third place in the Western Conference standings.

Columbus and Edmonton are rivals of entirely different levels. The current regular season is going very badly for the Jackets, and the last place in the Eastern Conference standings only confirms this. The Oilers, on the contrary, have no significant problems. They are in the top 3 in the West while gaining points in 16 of the last 17 meetings. Of course, in such a situation, the clear favorites of the upcoming confrontation are Jay Woodcroft's wards. Besides, Columbus plays even worse at home than on the road.

Last season, Columbus demonstrated brilliant and spectacular hockey, but now the matches with the participation of the Jackets turn out to be boring in scoring activity. In the last five meetings, Jay Woodcroft's wards have had only 20 goals (4.00 on average per game). Yes, Edmonton is a much more open and attacking team, but now the Oilers continue to travel to the East, so they are unlikely to refuse to play pragmatically.