Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction, Picks & Odds | 09 Oct 2026

By Robert Carter, NHL Analyst | Published: 41 minutes ago | 6 min read

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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets Predictions

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Penguins Moneyline @ +106

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Penguins Look Set for Victory

We’re keeping things simple by backing the Penguins on the Moneyline. The visitors should have the edge over the Blue Jackets and our betting prediction is available at +106.

Our experts have picked out a Best Bet for Penguins vs Blue Jackets, alongside a Same Game Parlay and Correct Score Prediction. Explore the complete analysis behind each pick further down the page.

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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets Preview

The Pittsburgh Penguins clash with the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Friday, October 9.

Pittsburgh Penguins have been defeated in back-to-back games. On the road, they recently suffered a 5-3 loss against Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena. Thomas Novak, Bryan Rust and Nick Robertson each scored one goal.

Columbus Blue Jackets lost when they last took to the ice. At Nationwide Arena, they were turned over 4-1 at home to Utah Mammoth. Kent Johnson scored the only goal from 19 Blue Jackets shots.

H2H: Previous H2H Was Blue Jackets Shootout Win

The Blue Jackets won the most recent encounter between these teams. A 4-3 victory was registered against the Penguins at PPG PAINTS Arena. It’s been five wins for each team over the previous 10 H2H meetings.

Starting Goalies

Arturs Silovs (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
26/27	2-1-0	3.4	.859	1
25/26	21-13-8	3	.891	2

Jet Greaves (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
26/27	1-1-0	3.5	.877	0
25/26	26-19-9	2.6	.908	2

Pittsburgh Penguins – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 5 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.9 goals from 28.8 shots on goal, with a 13.2% powerplay efficiency. The Penguins have been giving up 2.9 goals from 26.1 shots, averaging 4.9 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 93.9%.

Thomas Novak is the top points scorer with 7 points, 3 goals and 4 assists, with Erik Karlsson racking up 7 points, 1 goal and 6 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Arturs Silovs have a 2.40 goal against average with a .902 save percentage, including one shutout.

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

The Blue Jackets have 3 wins and 7 losses, averaging 2.2 goals from 26.1 shots on goal, with a 12.5% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.4 goals from 26.3 shots, averaging 3.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 68.8%.

The top points scorer is Mason Marchment with 7 points, 1 goal and 6 assists, while Adam Fantilli is next best after having 6 points, 4 goals and 2 assists. Goalie Jet Greaves have a 3.02 GAA with a .888 SV%.

Best Bet

We’re keeping our pick simple and backing Penguins to claim a victory. They should be able to win this NHL clash and you can get the road team at a juicy +106.

Key stats supporting our main match prediction:

Blue Jackets have lost 4 of their last 5 games at home.
Blue Jackets have lost 7 of their last 10 games.

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Penguins Moneyline Probability

The top betting apps are estimating that there is a 48.5% likelihood of this pick winning. However, our cappers have this figure between 55-60% based on their in-depth research. It is therefore regarded as a value bet.

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Same Game Parlay Pick

Moneyline Penguins

Totals Under 6.5

Highest Scoring Period Third Period

Our same game parlay pick is the Penguins on the moneyline, Under 6.5 goals and the third period to be highest scoring.

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Correct Score Prediction

Penguins

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There could be merit in backing the Penguins to win 3-1. Odds of +1600 are available about a correct score bet where a nice potential return is on the cards.

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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets Odds

The odds and lines below are updated regularly and may differ from the prices shown in our picks, which are captured at the time of publication.

Blue Jackets Trading at Shorter Odds Than Penguins

The Columbus Blue Jackets odds have been priced up by the sportsbooks and they are -128 betting favorites to land victory in this game which means a 56% chance of winning. Pittsburgh Penguins are trading at bigger odds than their opponents and they can be backed at +106.

The puck line is 1.5 and total goals is 6.5. There are many ways to wager on hockey including Totals. If you want to back Over 6.5, it’s -112.

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Last 5 Games

Penguins

NHL: 08/10 Penguins3 Capitals 5
NHL: 06/10 Jets3 Penguins 2
NHL: 04/10 Canadiens5 Penguins 6
NHL: 01/10 Penguins7 Flyers 0
NHL Playoffs: 30/04 Penguins0 Flyers 1

Blue Jackets

NHL: 04/10 Mammoth4 Blue Jackets 1
NHL: 02/10 Sabres3 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 15/04 Capitals2 Blue Jackets 1
NHL: 13/04 Bruins3 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 12/04 Blue Jackets5 Canadiens 2

Head to Head

Pittsburgh vs Columbus

NHL: 18/01 2026 Blue Jackets 4 Penguins 3
NHL: 04/01 2026 Penguins 5 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 29/11 2025 Penguins 4 Blue Jackets 3
NHL: 26/10 2025 Blue Jackets 5 Penguins 4
NHL: 22/03 2025 Blue Jackets 3 Penguins 6
NHL: 08/01 2025 Blue Jackets 4 Penguins 3
NHL: 16/11 2024 Penguins 2 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 31/03 2024 Penguins 3 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 29/03 2024 Blue Jackets 2 Penguins 3
NHL: 06/03 2024 Blue Jackets 3 Penguins 5

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Pittsburgh Penguins Stats

Columbus Blue Jackets 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

3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games
3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 3 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.10 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 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.70 pts and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.70 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.00 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 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 2.30 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 28.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 13
Blocks: 13.9
Faceoff Wins : 27.4
Hits: 24.9
Giveaways: 16.1
Takeaways: 4.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 29.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 7.9
Blocks: 13.5
Faceoff Wins : 26.5
Hits: 18.8
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 26.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.7
Blocks: 15
Faceoff Wins : 28.4
Hits: 17.9
Giveaways: 16.2
Takeaways: 5.3

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 26
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 7.9
Blocks: 11.5
Faceoff Wins : 28.1
Hits: 17.4
Giveaways: 14.5
Takeaways: 5.6

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Pittsburgh Penguins Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
18	Thomas Novak	4	15.33	3	2	5	2
71	Evgeni Malkin	4	17.65	2	2	4	1
65	Erik Karlsson	4	22.1	0	4	4	2

81	Benjamin Kindel	3	17.5	2	2	4	-1
72	Declan Carlile	4	18.38	2	2	4	1
6	Kaedan Korczak	4	16.73	0	4	4	1
49	Samuel Girard	4	19.6	1	3	4	-1
11	Filip Haallander	2	10.3	1	2	3	4
22	Hendrix Lapierre	4	12.1	1	2	3	-2
14	Nick Robertson	4	13.1	3	0	3	3
58	Kris Letang	4	19.73	0	3	3	1
87	Sidney Crosby	4	19.03	0	2	2	-3
59	Yegor Chinakhov	4	16.1	1	1	2	0
41	Ville Koivunen	3	13.83	1	1	2	5
67	Rickard Rakell	4	19.25	0	2	2	-2
46	Blake Lizotte	4	12.78	0	1	1	0
17	Bryan Rust	1	19.2	1	0	1	0
19	Connor Dewar	4	13.68	0	0	0	-1
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	4	18.73	0	0	0	-1
10	Andrei Kuzmenko	2	12	0	0	0	-1
25	Elmer Soederblom	1	12.7	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
37	Arturs Silovs	3	3.38	0.859
1	Sergei Murashov	1	3.14	0.914

Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
89	Matthew Knies	2	16.9	2	2	4	1
3	Charlie Coyle	2	17.25	0	3	3	2
8	Zach Werenski	2	30.25	0	2	2	2

91	Kent Johnson	2	16.05	1	1	2	1
36	Emil Andrae	2	14.65	0	1	1	2
5	Denton Mateychuk	2	27.8	0	1	1	0
10	Dmitri Voronkov	2	11.8	0	1	1	-1
4	Cole Sillinger	2	14.35	1	0	1	2
19	Adam Fantilli	2	19	1	0	1	1
23	Sean Monahan	2	16.2	1	0	1	-1
24	Mathieu Olivier	2	14.95	1	0	1	2
43	Valeri Nichushkin	2	16.25	0	1	1	-2
58	Danton Heinen	2	11.8	0	0	0	-1
7	Carson Soucy	2	18.35	0	0	0	1
2	Jake Christiansen	2	8.45	0	0	0	-1
94	Ryan Lomberg	2	9.25	0	0	0	0
83	Conor Garland	2	12.45	0	0	0	0
44	Erik Gudbranson	2	17.15	0	0	0	-2

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
33	Cam Talbot	-	-	-
73	Jet Greaves	2	3.5	0.877

Injuries & Suspensions

Pittsburgh Penguins Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Justin Brazeau

Injured

Ryan Graves

Injured

Andrei Kuzmenko

Unavailable

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Dante Fabbro

Injured

Mikael Pyyhtiae

Injured

Damon Severson

Injured

Isac Lundestroem

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 Pittsburgh Penguins Lineups

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Penguins 3-5 Capitals

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 NY Rangers	5	4	1	0	8	0.8	4	4	16	8	8	3-0-0	1-1-0	0-0	4-1	4W
2 Carolina	5	3	1	1	7	0.7	2	3	18	14	4	1-1-1	2-0-0	0-0	3-2	3W
3 Washington	3	2	1	0	4	0.667	2	2	11	8	3	1-0-0	1-1-0	0-0	2-1	1W
4 NY Islanders	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	2	2	13	8	5	2-0-0	0-2-0	0-0	2-2	1W
5 Pittsburgh	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	1	2	18	13	5	1-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	2-2	2L
6 Columbus	2	1	1	0	2	0.5	1	1	7	7	0	1-1-0	0-0-0	0-0	1-1	1L
7 New Jersey	3	1	2	0	2	0.333	0	1	6	13	-7	1-1-0	0-1-0	0-0	1-2	2L
8 Philadelphia	5	0	3	2	2	0.2	0	0	6	19	-13	0-1-1	0-2-1	0-0	0-5	5L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Ottawa	4	3	1	0	6	0.75	3	3	12	9	3	1-0-0	2-1-0	0-0	3-1	1W
2 Tampa Bay	4	3	1	0	6	0.75	3	3	11	9	2	3-0-0	0-1-0	0-0	3-1	3W
3 Florida	4	2	0	2	6	0.75	1	2	8	8	0	0-0-0	2-0-2	0-0	2-2	1W
4 Boston	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	2	3	15	12	3	2-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-2	1W
5 Toronto	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	1	2	11	11	0	2-2-0	0-0-0	0-0	2-2	1W
6 Buffalo	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	1	2	10	15	-5	2-1-0	0-1-0	0-0	2-2	1L
7 Montreal	4	1	2	1	3	0.375	1	1	14	19	-5	0-2-0	1-0-1	0-0	1-3	3L
8 Detroit	3	1	2	0	2	0.333	1	1	7	8	-1	1-2-0	0-0-0	0-0	1-2	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Winnipeg	4	3	0	1	7	0.875	3	3	12	10	2	1-0-1	2-0-0	0-0	3-1	3W
2 Colorado	4	3	1	0	6	0.75	3	3	23	11	12	2-0-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-1	1W
3 Utah	5	3	2	0	6	0.6	3	3	18	14	4	1-0-0	2-2-0	0-0	3-2	1L
4 Minnesota	4	2	1	1	5	0.625	2	2	11	8	3	1-0-0	1-1-1	0-0	2-2	2L
5 Nashville	4	2	1	1	5	0.625	2	2	12	11	1	1-1-0	1-0-1	0-0	2-2	1W
6 Dallas	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	2	2	10	6	4	1-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	2-2	2W
7 St Louis	4	1	2	1	3	0.375	1	1	9	13	-4	0-0-1	1-2-0	0-0	1-3	3L
8 Chicago	5	1	4	0	2	0.2	1	1	10	21	-11	1-0-0	0-4-0	0-0	1-4	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Edmonton	4	3	0	1	7	0.875	3	3	22	16	6	1-0-1	2-0-0	0-0	3-1	3W
2 Vegas	4	3	1	0	6	0.75	3	3	17	10	7	1-1-0	2-0-0	0-0	3-1	2W
3 San Jose	4	3	1	0	6	0.75	0	3	12	14	-2	2-0-0	1-1-0	0-0	3-1	1W
4 Anaheim	3	2	1	0	4	0.667	1	2	9	10	-1	1-1-0	1-0-0	0-0	2-1	1L
5 Seattle	4	2	2	0	4	0.5	2	2	15	11	4	1-1-0	1-1-0	0-0	2-2	1L
6 Vancouver	5	2	3	0	4	0.4	1	2	21	25	-4	1-2-0	1-1-0	0-0	2-3	2L
7 LA Kings	3	0	2	1	1	0.167	0	0	9	15	-6	0-1-0	0-1-1	0-0	0-3	3L
8 Calgary	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	-17	0-2-0	0-2-0	0-0	0-4	4L