Detroit Red Wings vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction: Who will turn out to be stronger?

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on March 20. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Detroit continues to battle for the playoffs, but has been playing like they haven't had tournament goals in a long time, and therefore can't find motivation. At the end of February, the Wings had a bright five-game winning streak, but in March, things took a turn for the worse. In the last nine meetings they celebrated only one victory over Buffalo - 4:1, and in the remaining eight battles were exclusively defeats, and each time in regulation time. Such a weak stretch has resulted in the Red and White now sitting in ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings, and the atmosphere within the team is only getting worse.

Columbus is among the teams that have no tournament motivation at the end of the regular season, and therefore play for fun, gaining experience with an eye on the future. Nevertheless, the Jackets' results can't be called completely disgusting. They try to get points in almost every game, and often even manage to do so. In the last nine meetings, they have won four, lost one more time in shootouts, and have been held scoreless only four times. That makes them 9 of 18 possible points in that stretch - a great result for the league's underdogs, who are still in last place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Columbus has been playing much better than Detroit lately, but the Red and White have a much higher level of tournament motivation, and therefore they must add and finally cling to points, otherwise the gap from the cup eight will become too big. The Jackets have no chance to make the playoffs for a long time, and therefore quietly finish the season. The head-to-head stats are in the Wings' favour, as they have won four of the last five meetings, all in regulation time.

The confrontation between Detroit and Columbus in recent years is spectacular and rich in goal events. In the previous seven head-to-head meetings, the rivals scored 50 pucks on each other (7.14 per game on average) - a very good indicator. The Wings have done a particularly good job of finishing their attacks, recording 29 pucks (4.14 average per game).