NHL Betting Preview: Blue Jackets vs Capitals

The Columbus Blue Jackets clash with the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Monday, November 24.

Back Caps to Have the Edge

The Capitals should be able to come out on top against the Blue Jackets in regulation time. Our best prediction is to back them on the 3-Way Moneyline where a juicy -105 can be landed.

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7 Wins for Caps in Last 10 H2H Encounters

Columbus Blue Jackets were beaten in their previous game and this was on the road at Little Caesars Arena. Detroit Red Wings claimed a 4-3 (OT) win. Zach Werenski, Adam Fantilli and Miles Wood scored one goal each.

Washington Capitals lost their last game, being beaten at home to Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 at Capital One Arena. Jakob Chychrun, Justin Sourdif and Ethen Frank scored one goal apiece.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Caps beat the Blue Jackets in their last head-to-head encounter. It was a 5-1 scoreline at Nationwide Arena. The Caps have won seven of the previous 10 H2H meetings.

Starting Goalies

Jet Greaves (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-4-3	2.8	.904	0
23/24	3-6-0	3.49	.908	0

Logan Thompson (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	8-6-1	2.3	.910	0
23/24	25-14-3	2.7	.908	1

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 3 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.6 goals from 29.2 shots on goal, with a 12.9% powerplay efficiency. The Blue Jackets have given up 3.4 goals from 28.3 shots, averaging 2.8 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 92.9%.

Adam Fantilli is the top points scorer with 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists, with Zach Werenski racking up 11 points, 3 goals and 8 assists, in the past 10 games. Goalie Jet Greaves have a 2.89 goal against average with a .895 save percentage.

Washington Capitals – Last 10 Games

The Caps have 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 4.0 goals from 30.6 shots on goal, with a 10.5% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.2 goals from 27.0 shots, averaging 4.5 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 75.6%.

The top points scorer is Alexander Ovechkin with 13 points, 8 goals and 5 assists, while Jakob Chychrun is next best after registering 12 points, 3 goals and 9 assists. Goalie Logan Thompson have a 3.15 GAA with a .882 SV%.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals Prediction & Picks

Our Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals betting tips provide expert coverage of all major angles, including our main match prediction, correct score recommendation and best bet builder insights.

Game Prediction

We think that Washington Capitals should prove too strong in this NHL clash. Therefore, we’re confidently wagering them to win in 60 minutes and there’s juice in the -105 available.

Our expert hockey predictions always start with checking the latest team news and understanding how it might impact the matchup. From there, we dive into the most valuable NHL stats to uncover the insights that matter most.

Key Blue Jackets vs Capitals stats:

Capitals have won 3 of their last 5 games.
Capitals have won 11 of their last 20 games at home.
Blue Jackets have lost 6 of their last 10 games.
Blue Jackets have lost 3 of their last 5 games.
Capitals have won 7 of their last 10 games against Blue Jackets.

Caps 3-Way Moneyline Probability

According to the latest odds, our pick has a 51.3% chance of winning. In the opinion of our analysts, there’s actually a probability of success between 55-60%. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Capitals

Totals Under 6.5

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Correct Score Prediction

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One bet that has caught our eye is the Capitals to claim a 3-2 correct score win. This selection is available at +800 meaning that a winning selection will yield a nice return.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals 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.

Books Make Caps Likelier Winners

The sportsbooks have Washington Capitals at -161 when it comes to the Moneyline betting, implying the favorites are 62% likely to win this game according to the latest odds. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +132 about Columbus Blue Jackets.

1.5 is the puck line and 6.5 is the total goals line. There is no denying the popularity of wagering on Totals. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 6.5 at -100.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Best Betting Offers

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Last 5 Games

Blue Jackets

NHL: 22/11 Blue Jackets3 Red Wings 4
NHL: 21/11 Blue Jackets3 Maple Leafs 2
NHL: 19/11 Blue Jackets2 Jets 5
NHL: 18/11 Canadiens3 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 16/11 Rangers2 Blue Jackets 1

Capitals

NHL: 23/11 Lightning5 Capitals 3
NHL: 21/11 Capitals8 Canadiens 4
NHL: 20/11 Oilers4 Capitals 7
NHL: 18/11 Kings1 Capitals 2
NHL: 16/11 Devils3 Capitals 2

Head to Head

Columbus vs Washington

NHL: 25/10 2025 Capitals 5 Blue Jackets 1
NHL: 14/04 2025 Blue Jackets 4 Capitals 1
NHL: 12/04 2025 Capitals 0 Blue Jackets 7
NHL: 13/12 2024 Capitals 2 Blue Jackets 1
NHL: 02/11 2024 Blue Jackets 2 Capitals 7
NHL: 22/12 2023 Capitals 3 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 19/11 2023 Blue Jackets 3 Capitals 4
NHL: 05/11 2023 Blue Jackets 1 Capitals 2
NHL: 22/03 2023 Blue Jackets 7 Capitals 6
NHL: 01/02 2023 Capitals 4 Blue Jackets 3

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Columbus Blue Jackets Stats

Washington Capitals Stats

Moneyline

4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 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 4 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 6.30 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 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 3.50 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.90 pts and allowed 3.60 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.30 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 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 4.00 goals and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 29.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.8
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 7.3
Blocks: 16.8
Faceoff Wins : 30.1
Hits: 15.5
Giveaways: 16.7
Takeaways: 4.8

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 31.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 7.9
Blocks: 17.6
Faceoff Wins : 28.5
Hits: 17.4
Giveaways: 15.9
Takeaways: 4.8

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 30.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 11
Blocks: 15.9
Faceoff Wins : 26.4
Hits: 18.1
Giveaways: 15.1
Takeaways: 5.4

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 28.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 8.7
Blocks: 18.6
Faceoff Wins : 24.7
Hits: 19.9
Giveaways: 16
Takeaways: 5

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Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
86	Kirill Marchenko	22	18.96	8	14	22	8
8	Zach Werenski	22	26.84	7	14	21	8
10	Dmitri Voronkov	22	15.93	9	9	18	8

19	Adam Fantilli	22	17.5	9	8	17	-4
3	Charlie Coyle	22	17.07	3	11	14	1
38	Boone Jenner	16	16.1	3	7	10	-7
23	Sean Monahan	22	18.51	2	8	10	2
24	Mathieu Olivier	22	14.41	3	6	9	2
4	Cole Sillinger	21	16.27	2	7	9	5
5	Denton Mateychuk	21	19.48	4	4	8	3
9	Ivan Provorov	22	25.1	3	4	7	3
78	Damon Severson	22	19.86	1	6	7	5
11	Miles Wood	16	12.73	6	0	6	-4
91	Kent Johnson	21	14.35	2	3	5	-12
15	Dante Fabbro	22	16.58	1	3	4	-7
59	Yegor Chinakhov	16	10.14	2	2	4	-3
27	Zach Aston-Reese	13	10.34	0	3	3	0
21	Isac Lundestroem	21	11.87	0	2	2	-2
65	Luca Del Bel Belluz	7	9.59	0	1	1	0
2	Jake Christiansen	18	10.39	0	0	0	-7
44	Erik Gudbranson	4	14.85	0	0	0	-2
16	Brendan Gaunce	1	10.4	0	0	0	-1
37	Dysin Mayo	1	7.6	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
90	Elvis Merzlikins	8	3.37	0.9
73	Jet Greaves	14	2.8	0.904

Washington Capitals Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
43	Tom Wilson	22	19.58	11	10	21	9
8	Alexander Ovechkin	22	17.88	10	10	20	6
17	Dylan Strome	20	18.1	5	15	20	11

74	John Carlson	21	23.34	4	15	19	5
6	Jakob Chychrun	22	23.38	6	13	19	12
21	Alexei Protas	22	18.17	6	7	13	11
24	Connor McMichael	22	16.1	2	8	10	2
9	Ryan Leonard	22	13.05	5	5	10	1
53	Ethen Frank	11	10.78	3	5	8	5
38	Rasmus Sandin	17	19.09	2	5	7	8
42	Martin Fehervary	22	18.96	1	6	7	7
72	Anthony Beauvillier	22	14.72	4	2	6	7
26	Nic Dowd	19	15.13	1	4	5	2
3	Matt Roy	22	20.44	1	3	4	12
34	Justin Sourdif	22	12.1	3	1	4	2
22	Brandon Duhaime	22	12.3	3	1	4	-2
29	Hendrix Lapierre	21	9.91	0	4	4	0
15	Sonny Milano	11	10.1	3	1	4	1
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	17	15.05	1	1	2	-3
47	Declan Chisholm	9	14.41	0	1	1	2
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	6	15.53	0	0	0	0
52	Dylan McIlrath	2	12.8	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
48	Logan Thompson	15	2.24	0.91
79	Charlie Lindgren	8	3.14	0.889

Injuries & Suspensions

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Boone Jenner

Injured

Erik Gudbranson

Injured

Washington Capitals Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Injured

Nic Dowd

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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Blue Jackets 3-4 Red Wings

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	22	14	6	2	30	0.682	10	13	78	65	13	6-2-1	8-4-1	1-1	6-4	1L
2 NY Islanders	23	13	8	2	28	0.609	9	12	71	66	5	5-4-1	8-4-1	1-2	7-3	1W
3 New Jersey	21	13	7	1	27	0.643	8	11	65	64	1	7-0-1	6-7-0	2-0	5-5	3L
4 Philadelphia	20	11	6	3	25	0.625	5	7	60	56	4	8-3-2	3-3-1	4-0	5-5	2W
5 Pittsburgh	21	10	6	5	25	0.595	10	10	64	58	6	5-3-2	5-3-3	0-3	3-7	2L
6 Columbus	22	11	8	3	25	0.568	6	8	68	71	-3	5-3-1	6-5-2	3-1	4-6	1L
7 Washington	22	11	9	2	24	0.545	10	11	71	62	9	6-5-1	5-4-1	0-2	5-5	1L
8 NY Rangers	23	10	11	2	22	0.478	7	9	58	61	-3	1-7-1	9-4-1	1-0	4-6	4L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	22	13	8	1	27	0.614	9	11	66	70	-4	8-4-1	5-4-0	2-0	5-5	1W
2 Tampa Bay	21	12	7	2	26	0.619	9	12	66	60	6	6-5-0	6-2-2	0-0	7-3	3W
3 Ottawa	21	11	6	4	26	0.619	8	9	70	69	1	6-3-2	5-3-2	2-0	6-4	2W
4 Boston	24	13	11	0	26	0.542	8	12	75	77	-2	8-4-0	5-7-0	1-0	6-4	1L
5 Montreal	21	11	7	3	25	0.595	6	11	72	76	-4	6-5-1	5-2-2	0-2	3-7	1W
6 Florida	21	11	9	1	23	0.548	10	10	62	65	-3	8-3-1	3-6-0	1-1	6-4	1L
7 Buffalo	22	9	9	4	22	0.5	7	8	71	75	-4	8-4-2	1-5-2	1-0	4-6	2W
8 Toronto	22	9	10	3	21	0.477	6	9	74	82	-8	8-4-3	1-6-0	0-0	3-7	2L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	22	16	1	5	37	0.841	15	16	88	50	38	8-0-2	8-1-3	0-2	9-1	9W
2 Dallas	22	13	5	4	30	0.682	10	11	72	62	10	6-4-1	7-1-3	2-2	7-3	1L
3 Minnesota	23	12	7	4	28	0.609	8	10	68	64	4	7-3-3	5-4-1	2-0	8-2	5W
4 Utah	22	11	8	3	25	0.568	8	11	66	67	-1	6-2-1	5-6-2	0-0	3-7	1W
5 Winnipeg	21	12	9	0	24	0.571	10	11	67	59	8	6-5-0	6-4-0	1-0	4-6	2L
6 Chicago	22	10	8	4	24	0.545	9	10	69	62	7	5-4-2	5-4-2	0-1	5-5	3L
7 St Louis	22	7	9	6	20	0.455	7	7	59	82	-23	3-5-4	4-4-2	0-2	4-6	1W
8 Nashville	21	6	11	4	16	0.381	4	5	49	73	-24	5-6-2	1-5-2	1-0	2-8	2L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	22	14	7	1	29	0.659	9	13	80	69	11	8-2-0	6-5-1	1-0	6-4	1W
2 Seattle	22	11	5	6	28	0.636	7	11	57	59	-2	6-1-3	5-4-3	0-3	5-5	1L
3 Vegas	21	10	4	7	27	0.643	9	10	67	60	7	5-3-3	5-1-4	0-1	4-6	1L
4 LA Kings	22	10	6	6	26	0.591	6	9	60	63	-3	1-4-3	9-2-3	1-4	5-5	3L
5 San Jose	23	11	9	3	25	0.543	5	10	68	72	-4	7-4-3	4-5-0	1-1	7-3	1W
6 Edmonton	24	10	9	5	25	0.521	5	10	74	87	-13	5-1-2	5-8-3	0-2	4-6	1W
7 Vancouver	22	9	11	2	20	0.455	5	7	69	81	-12	3-6-1	6-5-1	2-0	3-7	2L
8 Calgary	23	7	13	3	17	0.37	5	5	54	71	-17	4-4-2	3-9-1	2-2	5-5	2W

Columbus Blue Jackets

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NHL Betting Preview: Blue Jackets vs Capitals

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Caps 3-Way Moneyline Probability

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals Odds

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Washington Capitals Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Columbus Blue Jackets Lineups

Previous Washington Capitals Lineups

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