Tampa Bay Lightning vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction: Expect a win for home team

Prediction for the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets match, which will take place on January 11. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Tampa Bay is unbeaten in their last two games. First, they lost by four pucks to Minnesota and then by two to Winnipeg. Before that, the Lightning had a four-game winning streak with a total score of 15:6. As for the position of the Lightning in the Atlantic Division table, they are in third place ahead of inferior Buffalo by seven points. Also worth noting is Nikita Kucherov, who, after 38 games, is sixth in the scorers' table with 55 points on 14 goals and 41 assists.

Columbus scored only 26 points in 39 games, which is the worst result in the Eastern Conference. The team no longer keeps track of its points, as one can no longer think about the playoffs in the current campaign. The game with Tampa Bay Jackets approached after an unexpected victory over Carolina (4:3 after the shootout) and minimal defeat from Washington (0:1).

Tampa Bay is approaching the game as the clear favorite, which is quite apparent. Columbus looks extremely poor in the current NHL regular season, as a result of which all tournament motivation is gone. Tampa Bay is in the playoff zone of the Atlantic Division, so they have no intention of giving points to the underdogs. With this in mind, we suggest betting on a minus home team handicap for excellent odds.

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