NHL Betting Preview: Blue Jackets vs Islanders

The Columbus Blue Jackets go up against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena, with face-off scheduled for 17:00 on Sunday, November 2. Our betting preview features expert NHL predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, player stats, team news and the starting lineups.

Back Blue Jackets to Win

We’re heading to the Moneyline and our prediction is for the Blue Jackets to triumph. The visitors have a strong chance of beating the Islanders and the +108 makes lots of appeal.

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6-1 Win for Blue Jackets in Pair’s Previous Clash

Columbus Blue Jackets made it four consecutive wins after a 3-2 home success over St Louis Blues at Nationwide Arena. Zach Werenski, Sean Monahan and Charlie Coyle scored one goal each. Goalie Jet Greaves had 37 saves (.949).

New York Islanders have now achieved three straight home wins. In their last game, they won on the road at Capital One Arena when beating Washington Capitals 3-1. Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal and Jean-Gabriel Pageau each scored one goal. Goalie Ilya Sorokin had a great game and ended up with 22 saves (.957).

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Blue Jackets have beaten the Islanders in the last two encounters. A 4-3 (SO) victory at UBS Arena was followed by a 6-1 win at Nationwide Arena. It’s been six Islanders wins in the past 10 games between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Elvis Merzlikins (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-1-0	3	.915	0
23/24	13-17-8	3.45	.897	1

Ilya Sorokin (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-4-1	3.4	.877	0
23/24	25-19-12	3.01	.908	2

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

7 wins and 3 losses, averaging 3.6 goals from 32.2 shots on goal, with a 16.1% powerplay efficiency. The Blue Jackets have been giving up 3.1 goals from 33.6 shots, averaging 3.5 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 71.4%.

Kirill Marchenko is the top points scorer with 11 points, 5 goals and 6 assists, with Zach Werenski racking up 10 points, 4 goals and 6 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Elvis Merzlikins have a 2.97 goal against average with a .915 save percentage.

New York Islanders – Last 10 Games

The Islanders have 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.4 goals from 28.8 shots on goal, with a 13.3% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.5 goals from 29.5 shots, averaging 4.0 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 82.5%.

The top points scorer is Bo Horvat with 12 points, 7 goals and 5 assists, while Mathew Barzal is next best after having 8 points, 3 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Ilya Sorokin have a 3.30 GAA with a .880 SV%.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Islanders Prediction & Picks

Our Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Islanders betting preview covers everything you need, including a key match prediction, correct score insight and a value-packed bet builder recommendation.

Game Prediction

Columbus Blue Jackets should be able to outscore the home team and our pick is to side with them on the Moneyline. There is a generous +108 available for the visitors to win this NHL clash.

We’re always on top of team news and when combined with recent form, it helps us uncover the best value. Our NHL handicappers also take a data-led approach, using key stats to back every pick.

Key Blue Jackets vs Islanders stats:

Blue Jackets have won 4 consecutive games.
Blue Jackets have won 7 of their last 10 games.
Blue Jackets have won 13 of their last 20 games.
Islanders have lost 12 of their last 20 games.
Islanders have lost 3 of their last 5 games.
Islanders have lost their last 2 games against Blue Jackets.

Blue Jackets Moneyline Probability

Based on the latest odds from the top NHL sportsbooks, our pick carries a 48.1% chance of winning. However, our analysts research has found that the actual probability is between 55-60%. It’s why we think it’s worth placing this hockey bet.

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Correct Score Prediction

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Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Islanders 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.

Islanders Could Have the Edge Say the Books

The sportsbooks have New York Islanders at -143 when it comes to the Moneyline betting, implying the favorites are 59% likely to win this game according to the latest odds. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +118 about Columbus Blue Jackets.

1.5 is where the puck line lies, with total goals being 6.5 right now. 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 -122.

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Last 5 Games

Blue Jackets

NHL: 02/11 Blues2 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 30/10 Maple Leafs3 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 28/10 Blue Jackets4 Sabres 3
NHL: 26/10 Blue Jackets5 Penguins 4
NHL: 25/10 Capitals5 Blue Jackets 1

Islanders

NHL: 01/11 Islanders3 Capitals 1
NHL: 31/10 Islanders2 Hurricanes 6
NHL: 29/10 Islanders2 Bruins 5
NHL: 25/10 Islanders3 Flyers 4
NHL: 24/10 Red Wings2 Islanders 7

Head to Head

Columbus vs NY Islanders

NHL: 18/04 2025 Islanders 1 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 25/03 2025 Blue Jackets 4 Islanders 3
NHL: 21/01 2025 Blue Jackets 1 Islanders 3
NHL: 31/10 2024 Islanders 0 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 05/04 2024 Islanders 4 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 08/12 2023 Blue Jackets 3 Islanders 7
NHL: 29/10 2023 Islanders 2 Blue Jackets 0
NHL: 25/03 2023 Islanders 4 Blue Jackets 5
NHL: 30/12 2022 Blue Jackets 1 Islanders 2
NHL: 26/11 2022 Islanders 3 Blue Jackets 2

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Columbus Blue Jackets Stats

New York Islanders Stats

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 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 8 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 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 4 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 5.80 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.10 pts and allowed 2.70 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.40 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 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 32.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 8.2
Blocks: 16.1
Faceoff Wins : 30.4
Hits: 19.7
Giveaways: 15.6
Takeaways: 5

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 32.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 8.6
Blocks: 16.3
Faceoff Wins : 28.4
Hits: 22.4
Giveaways: 13.5
Takeaways: 5.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 28.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.3
Penalties: 4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 10.2
Blocks: 13.6
Faceoff Wins : 28.6
Hits: 20.3
Giveaways: 15.3
Takeaways: 3.7

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 31
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.9
Blocks: 15.8
Faceoff Wins : 30.5
Hits: 19.3
Giveaways: 14.6
Takeaways: 3.9

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Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
86	Kirill Marchenko	11	18.22	5	6	11	7
10	Dmitri Voronkov	11	15.41	5	5	10	9
8	Zach Werenski	11	25.92	4	6	10	9

3	Charlie Coyle	11	16.59	2	7	9	2
4	Cole Sillinger	11	15.18	2	4	6	4
38	Boone Jenner	11	16.67	2	4	6	-6
24	Mathieu Olivier	11	14.44	1	4	5	3
9	Ivan Provorov	11	23.95	2	3	5	7
23	Sean Monahan	11	18.63	1	4	5	8
19	Adam Fantilli	11	15.86	2	3	5	-5
5	Denton Mateychuk	11	18.75	2	2	4	2
91	Kent Johnson	11	15.24	2	2	4	-5
59	Yegor Chinakhov	8	10.19	2	2	4	2
15	Dante Fabbro	11	17.24	1	2	3	0
78	Damon Severson	11	20.01	1	2	3	7
27	Zach Aston-Reese	8	10.3	0	3	3	1
11	Miles Wood	6	10.73	3	0	3	3
21	Isac Lundestroem	11	11.95	0	2	2	3
2	Jake Christiansen	7	10.57	0	0	0	-2
44	Erik Gudbranson	4	14.85	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
90	Elvis Merzlikins	5	2.97	0.915
73	Jet Greaves	6	2.67	0.916

New York Islanders Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Bo Horvat	11	21.01	7	5	12	5
13	Mathew Barzal	10	20.84	3	6	9	5
21	Kyle Palmieri	11	19.84	4	4	8	-2

27	Anders Lee	11	15.12	2	6	8	-1
48	Matthew Schaefer	11	22.35	3	5	8	0
51	Emil Heineman	11	14.39	5	2	7	5
29	Jonathan Drouin	10	17.84	1	6	7	4
74	Simon Holmstroem	11	14.3	3	4	7	-3
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	11	14.64	3	3	6	1
77	Anthony DeAngelo	11	18.27	1	4	5	-3
6	Ryan Pulock	11	19.28	0	5	5	1
49	Maxim Shabanov	6	11.72	1	2	3	-3
11	Anthony Duclair	11	15.23	2	1	3	1
24	Scott Mayfield	11	18.11	0	3	3	3
53	Casey Cizikas	11	10.64	1	1	2	-5
3	Adam Pelech	11	18.95	0	2	2	3
41	Marshall Warren	2	12.15	0	2	2	1
7	Maxim Tsyplakov	8	9.39	1	0	1	-6
64	Calum Ritchie	1	16.3	0	0	0	0
34	Adam Boqvist	4	13.05	0	0	0	2
28	Alexander Romanov	6	18.7	0	0	0	-2
32	Kyle Maclean	7	9.67	0	0	0	-5
43	Marc Gatcomb	1	8.6	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	David Rittich	3	3.34	0.9
30	Ilya Sorokin	8	3.4	0.877

Injuries & Suspensions

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Erik Gudbranson

Injured

New York Islanders Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Ethan Bear

Injured

Pierre Engvall

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 Columbus Blue Jackets Lineups

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Blues 2-3 Blue Jackets

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	12	9	3	0	18	0.75	8	9	45	36	9	5-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1W
2 Pittsburgh	13	8	3	2	18	0.692	8	8	46	36	10	3-1-1	5-2-1	0-2	6-4	1L
3 Columbus	11	7	4	0	14	0.636	5	6	38	33	5	3-3-0	4-1-0	1-0	7-3	4W
4 Carolina	11	7	4	0	14	0.636	4	6	41	32	9	3-1-0	4-3-0	1-0	6-4	1L
5 NY Rangers	13	6	5	2	14	0.538	4	6	31	31	0	0-4-1	6-1-1	0-0	4-6	3W
6 Philadelphia	11	6	4	1	13	0.591	3	4	32	29	3	6-2-0	0-2-1	2-0	6-4	1L
7 Washington	12	6	5	1	13	0.542	5	6	31	29	2	3-4-0	3-1-1	0-1	5-5	4L
8 NY Islanders	11	5	5	1	11	0.5	5	5	37	40	-3	3-2-0	2-3-1	0-1	5-5	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Montreal	12	9	3	0	18	0.75	4	9	44	36	8	4-1-0	5-2-0	0-0	8-2	3W
2 Detroit	12	8	4	0	16	0.667	6	7	41	39	2	5-1-0	3-3-0	1-0	7-3	1L
3 Ottawa	13	6	5	2	14	0.538	4	4	48	51	-3	4-2-1	2-3-1	2-0	5-5	1L
4 Boston	14	7	7	0	14	0.5	5	7	45	48	-3	6-3-0	1-4-0	0-0	4-6	3W
5 Florida	12	6	5	1	13	0.542	5	5	31	34	-3	5-1-1	1-4-0	1-1	4-6	1W
6 Toronto	12	6	5	1	13	0.542	4	6	43	44	-1	5-2-1	1-3-0	0-0	5-5	1W
7 Buffalo	12	5	4	3	13	0.542	4	4	37	38	-1	5-2-1	0-2-2	1-0	5-5	1W
8 Tampa Bay	11	5	4	2	12	0.545	3	5	31	31	0	3-3-0	2-1-2	0-0	5-5	4W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	13	7	1	5	19	0.731	7	7	47	35	12	3-0-2	4-1-3	0-2	5-5	1L
2 Winnipeg	12	9	3	0	18	0.75	8	9	45	30	15	5-3-0	4-0-0	0-0	8-2	3W
3 Utah	11	8	3	0	16	0.727	6	8	40	30	10	4-0-0	4-3-0	0-0	8-2	1L
4 Dallas	12	6	3	3	15	0.625	5	5	33	36	-3	3-2-1	3-1-2	1-1	4-6	2L
5 Chicago	12	5	4	3	13	0.542	4	5	38	35	3	3-2-1	2-2-2	0-1	5-5	2L
6 Nashville	13	5	6	2	12	0.462	4	4	33	43	-10	4-3-1	1-3-1	1-0	3-7	1W
7 Minnesota	13	4	6	3	11	0.423	3	3	37	49	-12	2-3-2	2-3-1	1-0	2-8	1W
8 St Louis	12	3	7	2	8	0.333	3	3	34	51	-17	1-4-2	2-3-0	0-1	2-8	7L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	11	6	2	3	15	0.682	5	6	39	32	7	3-1-1	3-1-2	0-1	6-4	1L
2 Edmonton	13	6	4	3	15	0.577	4	6	41	41	0	4-0-2	2-4-1	0-1	4-6	1W
3 Seattle	11	5	2	4	14	0.636	3	5	30	32	-2	3-0-2	2-2-2	0-1	4-6	2L
4 LA Kings	13	5	4	4	14	0.538	2	4	37	44	-7	0-3-2	5-1-2	1-3	4-6	2L
5 Anaheim	10	6	3	1	13	0.65	4	5	37	33	4	2-1-0	4-2-1	1-0	6-4	2W
6 Vancouver	13	6	7	0	12	0.462	3	4	35	41	-6	2-3-0	4-4-0	2-0	5-5	1L
7 San Jose	12	4	6	2	10	0.417	1	4	40	50	-10	2-3-2	2-3-0	0-0	4-6	2W
8 Calgary	13	2	9	2	6	0.231	1	1	29	47	-18	1-3-1	1-6-1	1-1	1-9	3L

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Previous Columbus Blue Jackets Lineups

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