NHL Betting Preview: Ducks vs Blue Jackets

The Anaheim Ducks meet the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Tuesday, December 16.

We’re Confident the Best Bet is Under 6.5

The Ducks and the Blue Jackets don’t look capable of passing the 6.5 goal line. It leads us to make an Unders prediction, with odds of -105 currently on offer.

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8 Wins in Last 10 H2H Clashes for Ducks

Anaheim Ducks won their previous game by a 4-1 scoreline. It was on the road against New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Cutter Gauthier registered two goals, with Jackson LaCombe and Pavel Mintyukov also finding the net. Goalie Lukas Dostal was red hot in the net, stopping 26 shots (.963).

Columbus Blue Jackets were beaten 3-2 at Nationwide Arena in their last game. This loss at home to Vegas Golden Knights was their fifth straight defeat. Charlie Coyle and Yegor Chinakhov scored one goal apiece.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Ducks have beaten the Blue Jackets in the last two encounters. They won 4-2 at Honda Center and triumphed 4-3 (OT) at Nationwide Arena. In the past 10 games between the teams, the Ducks have won eight.

Starting Goalies

Ville Husso (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-3-0	3.2	.888	0
23/24	9-5-2	3.55	.892	0

Jet Greaves (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-8-5	2.8	.906	0
23/24	3-6-0	3.49	.908	0

Anaheim Ducks – Last 10 Games

6 wins and 4 losses, averaging 3.1 goals from 31.9 shots on goal, with a 13.8% powerplay efficiency. The Ducks have been giving up 3.4 goals from 27.5 shots, averaging 3.3 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 78.8%.

Leo Carlsson is the top points scorer with 11 points, 5 goals and 6 assists, with Beckett Sennecke recording 10 points, 3 goals and 7 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Ville Husso have a 3.16 goal against average with a .888 save percentage.

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

The Blue Jackets have 2 wins, 5 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.7 goals from 29.5 shots on goal, with a 17.1% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 4.1 goals from 30.9 shots, averaging 4.0 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 72.5%.

The top points scorer is Zach Werenski with 12 points, 2 goals and 10 assists, while Sean Monahan is next best after registering 7 points, 3 goals and 4 assists. Goalie Jet Greaves have a 2.63 GAA with a .908 SV%.

Anaheim Ducks vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction & Picks

Prepare for Anaheim Ducks vs Columbus Blue Jackets with our expert betting guide featuring a trusted match prediction, likely scoreline, key player props and a well-crafted bet builder.

Game Prediction

There’s every chance that we will see a low combined goals total for this NHL encounter. We’ll therefore shoot for Unders and this is available at an eye-catching -105.

We only publish our hockey predictions once we’ve got a clear and confident read on team news and the latest form. We also stay sharp by digging into the most valuable NHL stats to support every pick we make.

Key Ducks vs Blue Jackets stats:

The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 3 of the last 5 Ducks games on the road.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 2 Ducks games.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 3 of the last 5 Blue Jackets games.

Under 6.5 Probability

The odds at the top betting apps suggest our pick has a 51.3% chance of winning. However, we think that the probability is close to 60% taking all factors into consideration. This is why we can recommend this hockey bet.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Zach Werenski Over 0.5 Assists -164

Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets) has finished with one assist or more in 4 straight home games. We can therefore place a Player Assists wager at an eye-catching -164 in the hope that our pick covers the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Under 6.5

To Score Troy Terry

Assists Zach Werenski Over 0.5

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Correct Score Prediction

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Anaheim Ducks vs Columbus Blue Jackets Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Blue Jackets Likely to Win According to Latest Odds

Columbus Blue Jackets are regarded as having a 60% chance of winning this game according to the latest betting odds. The sportsbooks have priced them up at -147. For those wanting to back Anaheim Ducks, you will find +122 about the underdogs.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is currently 6.5. Hockey bettors regularly enjoy the opportunity to wager on Totals. If you’re going for Over 6.5, then the odds are -115.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Adam Fantilli is the First Goalscorer Favorite

Those interested in Adam Fantilli to light the lamp at anytime are able to get +150. There is the chance to back the favorite to score the first goal at odds of +1100.

Player Goals

Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets)

Kirill Marchenko (Blue Jackets)

Cutter Gauthier (Ducks)

Chris Kreider (Ducks)

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Player Assists

Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets)

Kirill Marchenko (Blue Jackets)

Leo Carlsson (Ducks)

Troy Terry (Ducks)

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Player Shots

Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets)

Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets)

Troy Terry (Ducks)

Jackson LaCombe (Ducks)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Ducks

NHL: 16/12 Ducks4 Rangers 1
NHL: 13/12 Ducks1 Devils 4
NHL: 12/12 Ducks2 Islanders 5
NHL: 10/12 Ducks4 Penguins 3
NHL: 08/12 Blackhawks1 Ducks 7

Blue Jackets

NHL: 14/12 Golden Knights3 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 12/12 Senators6 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 10/12 Blue Jackets1 Hurricanes 4
NHL: 08/12 Blue Jackets0 Capitals 2
NHL: 06/12 Blue Jackets6 Panthers 7

Head to Head

Anaheim vs Columbus

NHL: 15/12 2024 Ducks 4 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 11/11 2024 Blue Jackets 2 Ducks 4
NHL: 22/02 2024 Blue Jackets 7 Ducks 4
NHL: 25/10 2023 Ducks 3 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 18/03 2023 Blue Jackets 4 Ducks 7
NHL: 20/01 2023 Ducks 5 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 18/04 2022 Blue Jackets 4 Ducks 6
NHL: 10/12 2021 Ducks 2 Blue Jackets 1
NHL: 08/01 2020 Blue Jackets 4 Ducks 3
NHL: 12/10 2019 Ducks 2 Blue Jackets 1

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Anaheim Ducks Stats

Columbus Blue Jackets Stats

Moneyline

6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.00 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.60 pts and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 4.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 31.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 3.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.6
Blocks: 16.2
Faceoff Wins : 25.7
Hits: 19.3
Giveaways: 15
Takeaways: 5.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.1
Shots: 29.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 4.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.4
Blocks: 13.2
Faceoff Wins : 25.3
Hits: 20.5
Giveaways: 14.5
Takeaways: 4.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 29.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.4
Blocks: 15.2
Faceoff Wins : 28.6
Hits: 18.1
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 5.2

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 28.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.5
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 5.8
Blocks: 16.7
Faceoff Wins : 29.8
Hits: 17.3
Giveaways: 16.2
Takeaways: 5.1

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Anaheim Ducks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
91	Leo Carlsson	33	20.02	17	24	41	12
61	Cutter Gauthier	33	17.92	18	18	36	15
19	Troy Terry	33	19.04	10	24	34	12

45	Beckett Sennecke	33	16.69	10	17	27	4
20	Chris Kreider	29	17.41	13	8	21	3
37	Mason McTavish	33	16.39	7	13	20	0
60	Jackson LaCombe	33	25.07	5	14	19	1
65	Jacob Trouba	33	22.08	5	10	15	15
51	Olen Zellweger	33	18.2	5	9	14	10
17	Alex Killorn	33	15.92	2	8	10	1
25	Ryan Poehling	26	13.19	1	8	9	-1
64	Mikael Granlund	15	17.48	3	6	9	-3
43	Drew Helleson	32	18.63	2	7	9	-4
62	Nikita Nesterenko	23	12.17	1	7	8	1
34	Pavel Mintyukov	29	16.25	3	5	8	1
44	Ross Johnston	32	9.3	2	6	8	-2
7	Radko Gudas	22	16.22	1	5	6	-1
16	Ryan Strome	15	11.97	1	4	5	0
74	Ian Moore	19	13.92	2	2	4	2
77	Frank Vatrano	33	12.39	3	1	4	-12
38	Jansen Harkins	15	9.15	2	0	2	-3
64	Sam Colangelo	7	10.2	1	0	1	-3

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
34	Petr Mrazek	7	3.69	0.876
1	Lukas Dostal	19	2.73	0.905
33	Ville Husso	8	3.16	0.888
32	Vyacheslav Buteyets	1	9	0.769

Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
8	Zach Werenski	32	26.62	9	24	33	6
86	Kirill Marchenko	28	19.05	10	16	26	5
10	Dmitri Voronkov	32	16.14	12	10	22	2

19	Adam Fantilli	32	18.36	11	10	21	-9
3	Charlie Coyle	32	17.37	5	15	20	-4
23	Sean Monahan	32	18.66	5	12	17	-4
4	Cole Sillinger	31	16.37	3	11	14	2
5	Denton Mateychuk	31	19.82	6	6	12	-2
38	Boone Jenner	18	16.04	4	8	12	-7
11	Miles Wood	26	13.54	8	4	12	-4
9	Ivan Provorov	32	25.73	4	7	11	3
24	Mathieu Olivier	23	14	3	6	9	2
91	Kent Johnson	31	14.13	3	6	9	-12
78	Damon Severson	32	19.73	2	7	9	1
15	Dante Fabbro	32	16.1	2	4	6	-9
21	Isac Lundestroem	31	12.53	1	4	5	-1
59	Yegor Chinakhov	26	10.05	3	2	5	-6
27	Zach Aston-Reese	17	9.99	0	3	3	1
16	Brendan Gaunce	11	11.5	1	2	3	-1
	Brendan Smith	9	10.94	0	2	2	2
2	Jake Christiansen	19	10.52	0	1	1	-9
65	Luca Del Bel Belluz	11	9.07	0	1	1	0
44	Erik Gudbranson	4	14.85	0	0	0	-2
	Luca Pinelli	3	13.77	0	0	0	-1
37	Dysin Mayo	1	7.6	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
90	Elvis Merzlikins	13	4.03	0.879
73	Jet Greaves	20	2.75	0.905

Injuries & Suspensions

Anaheim Ducks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Petr Mrazek

Injured

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Erik Gudbranson

Injured

Mathieu Olivier

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Anaheim Ducks Lineups

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Ducks 4-1 Rangers

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	32	21	9	2	44	0.688	13	17	108	90	18	11-5-1	10-4-1	4-1	7-3	4W
2 NY Islanders	33	19	11	3	41	0.621	13	16	100	93	7	10-6-2	9-5-1	3-3	6-4	3W
3 Washington	32	18	10	4	40	0.625	17	18	106	83	23	10-5-2	8-5-2	0-4	7-3	2L
4 Philadelphia	31	16	9	6	38	0.613	9	11	92	88	4	10-5-4	6-4-2	5-2	5-5	3L
5 Pittsburgh	31	14	8	9	37	0.597	13	14	99	96	3	6-5-5	8-3-4	0-5	4-6	5L
6 New Jersey	33	18	14	1	37	0.561	12	16	97	103	-6	10-6-1	8-8-0	2-0	3-7	1L
7 NY Rangers	34	16	14	4	36	0.529	11	15	89	92	-3	4-9-3	12-5-1	1-0	5-5	1L
8 Columbus	32	13	13	6	32	0.5	7	9	96	112	-16	6-5-3	7-8-3	4-1	2-8	5L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	33	18	12	3	39	0.591	15	18	106	88	18	8-8-0	10-4-3	0-1	4-6	2L
2 Detroit	33	18	12	3	39	0.591	14	16	104	109	-5	9-6-1	9-6-2	2-2	5-5	1W
3 Montreal	32	17	11	4	38	0.594	10	15	105	113	-8	8-8-1	9-3-3	2-2	5-5	1W
4 Boston	33	19	14	0	38	0.576	13	17	109	105	4	11-5-0	8-9-0	2-0	6-4	1L
5 Florida	32	17	13	2	36	0.563	15	16	103	101	2	10-6-2	7-7-0	1-1	5-5	2W
6 Ottawa	32	15	13	4	34	0.531	10	12	101	104	-3	6-6-2	9-7-2	3-0	4-6	1W
7 Toronto	31	14	12	5	33	0.532	10	14	102	102	0	9-5-5	5-7-0	0-1	5-5	2L
8 Buffalo	32	14	14	4	32	0.5	10	12	98	109	-11	9-5-2	5-9-2	2-0	5-5	3W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	32	23	2	7	53	0.828	21	23	128	74	54	13-0-2	10-2-5	0-4	7-3	2W
2 Dallas	34	22	7	5	49	0.721	18	19	115	90	25	11-5-1	11-2-4	3-2	7-3	1W
3 Minnesota	33	19	9	5	43	0.652	13	16	99	87	12	11-3-4	8-6-1	3-1	7-3	4W
4 Utah	34	16	15	3	35	0.515	12	16	106	101	5	8-5-1	8-10-2	0-0	4-6	2W
5 Winnipeg	32	15	15	2	32	0.5	13	14	98	99	-1	8-7-1	7-8-1	1-1	3-7	1L
6 Chicago	32	13	13	6	32	0.5	12	13	91	98	-7	7-6-3	6-7-3	0-2	3-7	2L
7 St Louis	34	12	15	7	31	0.456	12	12	86	123	-37	6-8-4	6-7-3	0-2	5-5	1L
8 Nashville	32	13	15	4	30	0.469	9	11	92	111	-19	8-8-2	5-7-2	2-0	7-3	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	31	16	6	9	41	0.661	12	15	96	90	6	7-4-4	9-2-5	1-3	6-4	2W
2 Anaheim	33	20	12	1	41	0.621	12	16	118	108	10	11-4-0	9-8-1	4-0	6-4	1W
3 LA Kings	32	14	9	9	37	0.578	9	13	84	86	-2	4-6-4	10-3-5	1-5	4-6	3L
4 Edmonton	33	15	12	6	36	0.545	10	15	110	114	-4	8-3-3	7-9-3	0-2	6-4	1L
5 San Jose	33	16	14	3	35	0.53	8	15	96	110	-14	9-5-3	7-9-0	1-1	5-5	2W
6 Seattle	30	12	12	6	30	0.5	7	12	74	93	-19	7-6-3	5-6-3	0-3	2-8	2L
7 Calgary	33	13	16	4	30	0.455	10	11	84	97	-13	7-5-2	6-11-2	2-2	6-4	1W
8 Vancouver	32	12	17	3	27	0.422	8	10	89	112	-23	4-10-1	8-7-2	2-0	3-7	1W

Anaheim Ducks

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NHL Betting Preview: Ducks vs Blue Jackets

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Anaheim Ducks vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Under 6.5 Probability

Player Prop Picks

Latest Zach Werenski Player Prop Odds

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Anaheim Ducks vs Columbus Blue Jackets Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Anaheim Ducks Injury Table

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Starting Lineups

Previous Anaheim Ducks Lineups

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