Columbus Blue Jackets vs New Jersey Devils Prediction: the Devils Are in Great Shape

Prediction for the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets vs New Jersey Devils match, which will take place on February 15th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Columbus is quietly finishing the regular season, where they are a hopeless outsider of the league. Things are awful for the Jackets. They give out good games only in one-time promotions, and the last time they won twice in a row was in mid–December, when they beat Calgary and Los Angeles - 3:1 and 6:5, respectively. Since then, the victories have been only single, but there have been long defeats between them. At the junction of January and February, Brad Larsen's wards lost four times in a row, but the day before, they coped with Toronto – 4:3, which still did not allow Columbus to leave the last place in the Eastern Conference.

New Jersey has not made the playoffs since the 2017-18 season, but now the Devils intend to interrupt a series of unsuccessful years by reaching the cup battles. From the beginning of the regular season, they began to show good results, avoiding severe and prolonged downturns. The Devils are also in excellent shape, which is confirmed by statistics: in the last 13 meetings, they only once remained without points, losing to Nashville – 4:6, lost a couple of times outside of three periods, and in ten cases, they certainly won. This breakthrough allowed them to reach third place in the Eastern Conference standings.

New Jersey has been playing exceptionally poorly at the National Arena in recent years, having lost to Columbus in the primary time in seven previous personal meetings in a row. The upcoming battle is the best opportunity for the Devils to break such an unsuccessful series since the Devils are now in great shape, having won in 10 of the last 13 meetings. Still, the Jackets are failing the regular season, having five defeats in the previous six home games. Moreover, the only face–to–face battle in this regular season was won by the wards of Linda Raff - 7:1.

For Columbus, the current regular season is going badly, the Jackets have almost secured the last place in the Eastern Conference, so they have nothing to lose. Brad Larsen's wards must play openly and uninhibited to please their fans at home. Besides, the Devils are in great shape right now.