NHL Betting Preview: Blue Jackets vs Ducks

The Columbus Blue Jackets clash with the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center, with face-off scheduled for 22:00 on Saturday, December 20.

Blue Jackets To Have No Joy

The betting prediction is to back the Ducks at -118. We think that the Blue Jackets are massively opposable, so this is the best angle of attack with our wager.

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7 Victories for Ducks in Previous 10 H2H Games

Columbus Blue Jackets have suffered three consecutive road defeats. They lost 5-2 in their previous game at home to Minnesota Wild at Nationwide Arena. Zach Werenski was able to score both goals.

Anaheim Ducks were defeated last time, making it back-to-back losses. Honda Center saw them beaten 8-3 at home to Dallas Stars. Beckett Sennecke, Mikael Granlund and Ryan Poehling each scored one goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Blue Jackets beat the Ducks when the teams last met. It was a 4-3 scoreline at Nationwide Arena. It’s been seven Ducks wins in the past 10 games between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Jet Greaves (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	8-9-5	2.8	.904	0
23/24	3-6-0	3.49	.908	0

Petr Mrazek (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-3-0	3.9	.868	0
23/24	18-31-4	3.05	.907	1

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

3 wins, 5 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.1 goals from 29.3 shots on goal, with a 18.2% powerplay efficiency. The Blue Jackets have given up 4.2 goals from 31.0 shots, averaging 3.9 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 74.4%.

Zach Werenski is the top points scorer with 16 points, 5 goals and 11 assists, with Sean Monahan recording 7 points, 3 goals and 4 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Jet Greaves have a 2.85 goal against average with a .902 save percentage.

Anaheim Ducks – Last 10 Games

The Ducks have 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.0 goals from 31.5 shots on goal, with a 9.4% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.7 goals from 28.3 shots, averaging 3.5 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 82.9%.

The top points scorer is Beckett Sennecke with 9 points, 4 goals and 5 assists, while Leo Carlsson is next best after having 7 points, 4 goals and 3 assists. Goalie Ville Husso have a 3.09 GAA with a .893 SV%.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Anaheim Ducks Prediction & Picks

This expert Columbus Blue Jackets vs Anaheim Ducks betting breakdown features our match prediction, a correct score tip, player prop suggestions and a carefully constructed bet builder to guide your wagers.

Game Prediction

We're predicting that there will be a home win in this NHL encounter. You can currently get -118 about this happening which looks like great odds.

Our NHL handicappers start by reviewing the latest team news for each franchise, followed by a close look at recent form. That information is then applied to the most relevant stats to reach a well-informed verdict.

Key Blue Jackets vs Ducks stats:

Ducks have won 14 of their last 20 games at home.
Ducks have won 6 of their last 10 games at home.
Blue Jackets have lost 4 of their last 5 games on the road.
Blue Jackets have lost 7 of their last 10 games.
Blue Jackets have lost their last 3 games on the road.
Ducks have won 7 of their last 10 games against Blue Jackets.

Ducks Moneyline Probability

According to the top NHL sportsbooks, there’s a 54.1% likelihood of our pick landing a return. Based on our analysts in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be closer to 60%. This hockey bet can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Adam Fantilli Over 2.5 Shots -135

Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets) has had Over 2.5 shots on goal in 4 straight games. There is odds of -135 available when it comes to this Shots on Goal wager and we think he’ll cover the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Moneyline Ducks

To Score Beckett Sennecke

Shots on Goal Adam Fantilli Over 2.5

Our same game parlay pick is the Ducks on the moneyline, Beckett Sennecke (Ducks) to find the net and Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets) to have Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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We’re taking a chance on the Ducks to achieve a 5-3 winning scoreline. Odds of +2000 means we can place a smaller stake and still achieve a nice return.

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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Anaheim Ducks 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.

Close Game On the Cards According to Latest Odds

The Moneyline odds about Anaheim Ducks triumphing is priced at -118 and you can get Columbus Blue Jackets at -102. This means the top sportsbooks give the road team a 51% chance of winning.

The puck line is 1.5 and total goals is 6.5. A wager on Totals allows bettors to use the latest data to good effect. If you fancy Over 6.5, this outcome can be backed at -115.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Leo Carlsson Favorite to Score the First Goal

There’s the chance to back Leo Carlsson at +1200 to be the First Goalscorer. He’s the favorite and available at similar odds to find the net last instead.

Player Goals

Leo Carlsson (Ducks)

Kirill Marchenko (Blue Jackets)

Chris Kreider (Ducks)

Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets)

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Player Assists

Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets)

Leo Carlsson (Ducks)

Jackson LaCombe (Ducks)

Troy Terry (Ducks)

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Player Shots

Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets)

Leo Carlsson (Ducks)

Kirill Marchenko (Blue Jackets)

Chris Kreider (Ducks)

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Last 5 Games

Blue Jackets

NHL: 19/12 Wild5 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 17/12 Ducks3 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 14/12 Golden Knights3 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 12/12 Senators6 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 10/12 Blue Jackets1 Hurricanes 4

Ducks

NHL: 20/12 Stars8 Ducks 3
NHL: 17/12 Ducks3 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 16/12 Ducks4 Rangers 1
NHL: 13/12 Ducks1 Devils 4
NHL: 12/12 Ducks2 Islanders 5

Head to Head

Columbus vs Anaheim

NHL: 17/12 2025 Ducks 3 Blue Jackets 4
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

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Columbus Blue Jackets Stats

Anaheim Ducks Stats

Moneyline

3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 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 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 3 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 7.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.50 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 3.20 goals and allowed 4.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.70 pts and allowed 3.80 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 7.50 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.20 goals and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.60 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 29.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.2
Blocks: 16.6
Faceoff Wins : 31.3
Hits: 18.6
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 5.3

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 28.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.5
Blocks: 14.9
Faceoff Wins : 27.7
Hits: 15.1
Giveaways: 16.8
Takeaways: 5.1

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 31.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 7.8
Blocks: 15.9
Faceoff Wins : 24.8
Hits: 19.5
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.6

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 33.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 8.1
Blocks: 18.5
Faceoff Wins : 26.8
Hits: 18.9
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 6

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Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
8	Zach Werenski	34	26.76	13	25	38	7
86	Kirill Marchenko	30	18.96	10	16	26	4
10	Dmitri Voronkov	34	16.12	12	10	22	0

19	Adam Fantilli	34	18.42	12	10	22	-11
3	Charlie Coyle	34	17.39	5	16	21	-5
23	Sean Monahan	34	18.45	5	12	17	-4
4	Cole Sillinger	33	16.37	3	12	15	1
38	Boone Jenner	20	16.22	5	9	14	-4
11	Miles Wood	28	13.65	8	4	12	-5
9	Ivan Provorov	34	25.68	4	8	12	3
5	Denton Mateychuk	33	20.04	6	6	12	-3
91	Kent Johnson	33	13.86	3	8	11	-12
78	Damon Severson	34	19.66	2	7	9	1
24	Mathieu Olivier	23	14	3	6	9	2
15	Dante Fabbro	34	15.95	2	4	6	-10
59	Yegor Chinakhov	28	10.41	3	3	6	-5
21	Isac Lundestroem	33	12.43	1	4	5	-3
16	Brendan Gaunce	12	11.63	1	3	4	0
27	Zach Aston-Reese	18	9.93	0	3	3	-1
	Brendan Smith	11	10.84	0	2	2	1
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	22	2.77	0.904

Anaheim Ducks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
91	Leo Carlsson	35	19.91	17	24	41	10
61	Cutter Gauthier	35	17.93	18	18	36	12
19	Troy Terry	35	19	10	25	35	12

45	Beckett Sennecke	35	16.62	11	17	28	0
20	Chris Kreider	31	17.39	13	9	22	1
60	Jackson LaCombe	35	25.1	6	15	21	2
37	Mason McTavish	35	16.27	7	14	21	-5
65	Jacob Trouba	35	22.06	5	10	15	12
51	Olen Zellweger	34	18.19	5	9	14	10
64	Mikael Granlund	17	17.48	5	7	12	-1
25	Ryan Poehling	28	13.35	2	10	12	0
17	Alex Killorn	35	15.81	2	8	10	-1
44	Ross Johnston	34	9.48	2	7	9	-2
43	Drew Helleson	33	18.63	2	7	9	-6
62	Nikita Nesterenko	23	12.17	1	7	8	1
34	Pavel Mintyukov	31	16.16	3	5	8	-1
7	Radko Gudas	24	16.27	1	6	7	-3
16	Ryan Strome	17	12.06	2	4	6	-1
74	Ian Moore	21	14.21	2	3	5	2
77	Frank Vatrano	35	12.41	3	2	5	-11
38	Jansen Harkins	15	9.15	2	0	2	-3
64	Sam Colangelo	7	10.2	1	0	1	-3

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
1	Lukas Dostal	20	2.91	0.899
34	Petr Mrazek	8	3.85	0.868
33	Ville Husso	9	3.25	0.884
32	Vyacheslav Buteyets	1	9	0.769

Injuries & Suspensions

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Mathieu Olivier

Injured

Erik Gudbranson

Injured

Brendan Gaunce

Unavailable

Anaheim Ducks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

No players are currently reported injured or suspended.

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 Columbus Blue Jackets Lineups

18 Dec NHL

Wild 5-2 Blue Jackets

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	34	22	9	3	47	0.691	14	18	115	95	20	11-5-1	11-4-2	4-2	7-3	1L
2 Washington	34	19	11	4	42	0.618	18	19	110	88	22	11-5-2	8-6-2	0-4	6-4	1W
3 New Jersey	35	20	14	1	41	0.586	13	17	101	105	-4	10-6-1	10-8-0	3-0	4-6	2W
4 NY Islanders	35	19	13	3	41	0.586	13	16	103	100	3	10-7-2	9-6-1	3-3	6-4	2L
5 Philadelphia	33	17	10	6	40	0.606	10	12	99	94	5	10-5-4	7-5-2	5-2	4-6	1L
6 NY Rangers	36	17	15	4	38	0.528	11	16	91	96	-5	4-10-3	13-5-1	1-0	4-6	1W
7 Pittsburgh	33	14	10	9	37	0.561	13	14	103	106	-3	6-6-5	8-4-4	0-5	2-8	7L
8 Columbus	34	14	14	6	34	0.5	7	10	102	120	-18	7-6-3	7-8-3	4-1	3-7	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	35	19	13	3	41	0.586	15	17	108	115	-7	10-7-1	9-6-2	2-2	6-4	1L
2 Florida	34	19	13	2	40	0.588	16	17	110	106	4	12-6-2	7-7-0	2-1	7-3	4W
3 Montreal	34	18	12	4	40	0.588	11	16	110	118	-8	9-9-1	9-3-3	2-2	5-5	1W
4 Boston	35	20	15	0	40	0.571	14	18	114	109	5	12-6-0	8-9-0	2-0	6-4	1L
5 Tampa Bay	34	18	13	3	39	0.574	15	18	107	90	17	8-9-0	10-4-3	0-1	3-7	3L
6 Ottawa	33	16	13	4	36	0.545	11	13	105	104	1	7-6-2	9-7-2	3-0	4-6	2W
7 Toronto	33	15	13	5	35	0.53	11	15	105	108	-3	10-5-5	5-8-0	0-1	5-5	1L
8 Buffalo	33	15	14	4	34	0.515	11	13	103	112	-9	10-5-2	5-9-2	2-0	6-4	4W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	34	25	2	7	57	0.838	23	25	136	79	57	14-0-2	11-2-5	0-4	8-2	4W
2 Dallas	35	23	7	5	51	0.729	19	20	120	93	27	11-5-1	12-2-4	3-2	7-3	2W
3 Minnesota	35	21	9	5	47	0.671	15	18	109	89	20	12-3-4	9-6-1	3-1	7-3	6W
4 Utah	37	17	17	3	37	0.5	13	17	112	108	4	8-6-1	9-11-2	0-0	5-5	1L
5 St Louis	36	13	15	8	34	0.472	13	13	88	125	-37	7-8-5	6-7-3	0-2	4-6	1L
6 Winnipeg	34	15	17	2	32	0.471	13	14	100	103	-3	8-7-1	7-10-1	1-1	2-8	3L
7 Chicago	34	13	15	6	32	0.471	12	13	94	105	-11	7-6-3	6-9-3	0-2	3-7	4L
8 Nashville	33	13	16	4	30	0.455	9	11	93	115	-22	8-9-2	5-7-2	2-0	6-4	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	32	16	6	10	42	0.656	12	15	97	92	5	7-4-5	9-2-5	1-4	6-4	1L
2 Anaheim	34	20	12	2	42	0.618	12	16	121	112	9	11-4-0	9-8-2	4-0	5-5	1L
3 Edmonton	35	17	12	6	40	0.571	12	17	119	119	0	8-3-3	9-9-3	0-2	7-3	2W
4 LA Kings	34	15	10	9	39	0.574	10	14	88	90	-2	4-6-4	11-4-5	1-5	4-6	1W
5 San Jose	35	17	15	3	37	0.529	9	16	105	118	-13	10-6-3	7-9-0	1-1	5-5	1L
6 Calgary	35	14	17	4	32	0.457	11	12	91	105	-14	8-5-2	6-12-2	2-2	6-4	1W
7 Vancouver	34	14	17	3	31	0.456	10	12	96	113	-17	4-10-1	10-7-2	2-0	4-6	3W
8 Seattle	32	12	14	6	30	0.469	7	12	79	102	-23	7-7-3	5-7-3	0-3	1-9	4L

Columbus Blue Jackets

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NHL Betting Preview: Blue Jackets vs Ducks

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Anaheim Ducks Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Ducks Moneyline Probability

Player Prop Picks

Latest Adam Fantilli Player Prop Odds

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Anaheim Ducks Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Anaheim Ducks Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Columbus Blue Jackets Lineups

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