Columbus Blue Jackets vs Nashville Predators Prediction: Columbus has another poor regular season

Prediction for the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets vs Nashville Predators match which will take place on March 9th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Columbus has another poor regular season in which they have been one of the main underdogs in the league. They may not be in contention for the Cup, but it's not as if the Jackets have given up and stopped playing. On the contrary, their recent form has been very encouraging. In their last 11 games, they have won six and lost five - an impressive record for such modest wards. Pascal Vincent's men are close to the playoff zone but at the end of the Eastern Conference standings after dropping many points in the first half of the regular season.

Nashville is another team that got off to an abysmal start to the current regular season, and their chances of making the playoffs were considered highly slim for a long time. However, the team's management has been patient and has not sacked Andrew Brunette, as the team has gradually turned the corner. Since the second half of February, the Predators have been in perfect form: in their last ten games, they lost only once to Montreal 4:3 in overtime, and in the remaining nine games, they won every game in regulation time. As a result, they have taken 19 points out of a possible 20 to move up to seventh in the Western Conference.

The last month and a half has been incredibly interesting for Nashville. First, they had a disappointing run of five losses in six games, culminating in a 2:9 defeat at the hands of Dallas. It looked like the Predators' Cup aspirations would end, but the defeat gave them a boost. They went on to win their next ten games, taking 19 out of a possible 20 points to move into playoff contention and consolidate their position in the top eight of the Western Conference.

Andrew Brunette's wards had a couple of emotional victories after the Dallas defeat, but they have since rebuilt their defensive structure and started to play pragmatic, result-oriented hockey. The Predators have allowed just 13 goals in their last eight games (1.63 average per game), an excellent statistic, while registering a total of 47 shots on goal (5.88 average per game) — not the highest rate by NHL standards.