NHL Betting Preview: Golden Knights vs Blue Jackets

The Vegas Golden Knights square off against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Saturday, December 13.

Is the Total Too High or Too Low?

When the Golden Knights meet the Blue Jackets, we’re not expecting the scoreboard to tick over too much. Odds of -133 are available for Under 6.5 goals and that makes appeal.

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Knights Beat Blue Jackets in Pair’s Last Meeting

Vegas Golden Knights triumphed in their previous game. It was on the road where Philadelphia Flyers were beaten 3-2 (OT) at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Mark Stone registered two goals, with Zach Whitecloud scoring one.

Columbus Blue Jackets have lost on their last four outings. In a recent home game at Nationwide Arena, they were turned over 6-3 by Ottawa Senators. Dmitri Voronkov, Boone Jenner and Dante Fabbro each scored one goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

It was a 4-0 win for the Knights at Nationwide Arena when they last played the Blue Jackets. We’ve seen six Knights wins in the past 10 meetings between the teams.

Starting Goalies

Carter Hart (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	2-0-1	2.8	.889	0
23/24	12-9-2	2.8	.906	1

Jet Greaves (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-7-5	2.8	.907	0
23/24	3-6-0	3.49	.908	0

Vegas Golden Knights – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 2 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 29.6 shots on goal, with a 20.0% powerplay efficiency. The Knights have been giving up 3.0 goals from 24.2 shots, averaging 2.9 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 89.7%.

Jack Eichel is the top points scorer with 13 points, 2 goals and 11 assists, with Mark Stone racking up 11 points, 4 goals and 7 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Akira Schmid have a 2.32 goal against average with a .897 save percentage, including one shutout.

Columbus Blue Jackets – Last 10 Games

The Blue Jackets have 2 wins, 4 losses and 4 overtime losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 30.1 shots on goal, with a 19.4% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 4.2 goals from 31.7 shots, averaging 4.1 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 75.6%.

The top points scorer is Zach Werenski with 13 points, 3 goals and 10 assists, while Sean Monahan is next best after having 8 points, 3 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Jet Greaves have a 2.78 GAA with a .906 SV%.

Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction & Picks

This expert Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets betting breakdown features our match prediction, a correct score pick and a carefully constructed bet builder to guide your wagers.

Game Prediction

Unders could be on the cards and there’s a chance to back this outcome at an appealing -133. Our pick for this NHL clash means that we need six goals or less.

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Key Golden Knights vs Blue Jackets stats:

The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 4 of the last 5 Golden Knights games on the road.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in 7 of the last 10 Golden Knights games on the road.
The 6.5 line hasn’t been covered in the last 3 games between these teams.

Under 6.5 Probability

The odds at the top betting apps suggest our pick has a 57.1% chance of winning. After careful examination, our experts have this probability somewhere between 60-65%. This is why we can recommend this hockey wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Published 23:56, 12 December 2025

Same Game Parlay Picks

Totals Under 6.5

Puck Line Blue Jackets +1.5

Highest Scoring Period Third Period

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Correct Score Prediction

Golden Knights Golden Knights logo

4 - 1 Blue Jackets logo

Blue Jackets

We’re taking a correct score bet which involves the Golden Knights to win 4-1. The odds of +1400 make plenty of appeal and you should hopefully get some entertainment with this wager.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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2-0

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Vegas Golden Knights 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.

Books Anticipating a Close Contest

Sportsbooks’ favorites Vegas Golden Knights are regarded as likeliest victors for this game and the -149 about them triumphing means a 60% chance based on their current Moneyline betting odds. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +125 about Columbus Blue Jackets.

The puck line is 1.5, with the total goals line at 6.5. A Totals wager is always available and can often provide value selections. If you fancy Over 6.5, this outcome can be backed at +110.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Jack Eichel Favorite to Light the Lamp First

The First Goalscorer favorite is Jack Eichel at +900. Similar odds can be found if you’re interested in this player to register the last goal.

Player Goals

Jack Eichel (Knights)

Tomas Hertl (Knights)

Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets)

Pavel Dorofeyev (Knights)

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Player Assists

Zach Werenski (Blue Jackets)

Jack Eichel (Knights)

Mark Stone (Knights)

Mitch Marner (Knights)

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Player Shots

Jack Eichel (Knights)

Tomas Hertl (Knights)

Adam Fantilli (Blue Jackets)

Pavel Dorofeyev (Knights)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Golden Knights

NHL: 12/12 Golden Knights3 Flyers 2
NHL: 10/12 Golden Knights4 Islanders 5
NHL: 08/12 Golden Knights3 Rangers 2
NHL: 06/12 Golden Knights3 Devils 0
NHL: 03/12 Blackhawks3 Golden Knights 4

Blue Jackets

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
NHL: 05/12 Red Wings5 Blue Jackets 6

Head to Head

Vegas vs Columbus

NHL: 14/03 2025 Golden Knights 4 Blue Jackets 0
NHL: 31/01 2025 Blue Jackets 2 Golden Knights 1
NHL: 24/03 2024 Blue Jackets 2 Golden Knights 4
NHL: 05/03 2024 Golden Knights 3 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 19/03 2023 Blue Jackets 2 Golden Knights 7
NHL: 29/11 2022 Golden Knights 3 Blue Jackets 2
NHL: 14/03 2022 Golden Knights 4 Blue Jackets 6
NHL: 21/11 2021 Blue Jackets 2 Golden Knights 3
NHL: 12/01 2020 Blue Jackets 3 Golden Knights 0
NHL: 06/11 2019 Golden Knights 2 Blue Jackets 1

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Vegas Golden Knights Stats

Columbus Blue Jackets Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 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 1 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 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.90 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 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 2.90 goals and allowed 3.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.30 pts and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.90 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 6 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.90 goals and allowed 4.20 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 3.60 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 29.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.1
Blocks: 16
Faceoff Wins : 30.3
Hits: 17.9
Giveaways: 16.9
Takeaways: 4.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 30.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.8
Blocks: 14.5
Faceoff Wins : 30.2
Hits: 17.3
Giveaways: 18.6
Takeaways: 4.7

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 30.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.6
Blocks: 15.4
Faceoff Wins : 28.8
Hits: 18.2
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.9

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.6
Shots: 29.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.5
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.1
Blocks: 15.8
Faceoff Wins : 28.4
Hits: 18.3
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 4.8

Team News

Vegas Golden Knights Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
9	Jack Eichel	30	21.37	12	28	40	8
93	Mitchell Marner	30	20.17	6	23	29	8
49	Ivan Barbashev	30	16.12	11	14	25	7

61	Mark Stone	14	19.02	6	18	24	6
48	Tomas Hertl	30	17.87	13	9	22	-5
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	30	17.6	12	8	20	-6
27	Shea Theodore	30	24.06	4	15	19	5
	Braeden Bowman	15	15.97	5	6	11	-2
21	Brett Howden	26	14.81	5	4	9	-3
17	Ben Hutton	23	14.23	3	5	8	1
71	William Karlsson	14	15.15	4	3	7	-1
15	Noah Hanifin	20	23.09	2	4	6	-5
19	Reilly Smith	28	13.35	3	3	6	-4
23	Cole Reinhardt	22	9.35	1	3	4	-3
5	Jeremy Lauzon	17	15.91	0	4	4	3
20	Brandon Saad	27	13.87	1	3	4	-1
2	Zach Whitecloud	30	18.53	1	3	4	-6
6	Kaedan Korczak	30	15.89	2	2	4	7
55	Keegan Kolesar	30	10.59	0	4	4	-8
10	Colton Sissons	26	11.42	1	2	3	-6
3	Brayden McNabb	30	21.39	0	1	1	-4
30	Carl Lindbom	7	60.1	0	0	0	0
26	Alexander Holtz	8	11.48	0	0	0	-2
32	Jesper Vikman	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
40	Akira Schmid	17	2.33	0.903
33	Adin Hill	5	2.73	0.888
	Carter Hart	3	2.8	0.888

Columbus Blue Jackets Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
8	Zach Werenski	31	26.65	9	23	32	5
86	Kirill Marchenko	27	19.06	10	16	26	5
10	Dmitri Voronkov	31	16.09	12	10	22	2

19	Adam Fantilli	31	18.35	11	10	21	-7
3	Charlie Coyle	31	17.36	4	15	19	-4
23	Sean Monahan	31	18.68	5	12	17	-4
4	Cole Sillinger	30	16.43	3	10	13	2
38	Boone Jenner	17	16.02	4	8	12	-5
11	Miles Wood	25	13.52	8	4	12	-5
5	Denton Mateychuk	30	19.8	6	6	12	-2
9	Ivan Provorov	31	25.8	4	7	11	3
78	Damon Severson	31	19.7	2	7	9	1
24	Mathieu Olivier	23	14	3	6	9	2
91	Kent Johnson	30	14.27	3	5	8	-13
21	Isac Lundestroem	30	12.45	1	4	5	-1
15	Dante Fabbro	31	16.17	2	3	5	-9
59	Yegor Chinakhov	25	10.05	2	2	4	-7
27	Zach Aston-Reese	17	9.99	0	3	3	1
16	Brendan Gaunce	10	11.58	1	2	3	-2
	Brendan Smith	8	10.91	0	2	2	3
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	19	2.74	0.906

Injuries & Suspensions

Vegas Golden Knights Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jeremy Lauzon

Injured

Alex Pietrangelo

Injured

William Karlsson

Injured

Adin Hill

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 Vegas Golden Knights Lineups

11 Dec NHL

Golden Knights 3-2 Flyers

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	30	19	9	2	40	0.667	13	17	101	85	16	10-5-1	9-4-1	2-1	6-4	2W
2 Washington	31	18	9	4	40	0.645	17	18	105	78	27	10-5-2	8-4-2	0-4	7-3	1L
3 NY Islanders	32	18	11	3	39	0.609	13	16	97	91	6	9-6-2	9-5-1	2-3	6-4	2W
4 Philadelphia	29	16	9	4	36	0.621	9	11	87	81	6	10-5-3	6-4-1	5-0	6-4	1L
5 Pittsburgh	29	14	8	7	35	0.603	13	14	90	85	5	6-5-3	8-3-4	0-5	4-6	3L
6 New Jersey	31	17	13	1	35	0.565	11	15	92	100	-8	9-5-1	8-8-0	2-0	4-6	1L
7 NY Rangers	32	15	13	4	34	0.531	11	14	83	84	-1	3-8-3	12-5-1	1-0	5-5	3L
8 Columbus	31	13	12	6	32	0.516	7	9	94	109	-15	6-4-3	7-8-3	4-1	2-8	4L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	31	18	11	2	38	0.613	15	18	102	80	22	8-7-0	10-4-2	0-0	6-4	2W
2 Boston	32	19	13	0	38	0.594	13	17	107	99	8	11-5-0	8-8-0	2-0	7-3	4W
3 Detroit	32	17	12	3	37	0.578	13	15	100	109	-9	9-6-1	8-6-2	2-2	4-6	1L
4 Montreal	30	16	11	3	35	0.583	9	14	97	107	-10	7-8-1	9-3-2	2-2	6-4	1W
5 Toronto	30	14	11	5	33	0.55	10	14	99	96	3	9-4-5	5-7-0	0-1	5-5	1L
6 Florida	30	15	13	2	32	0.533	13	14	94	99	-5	10-6-2	5-7-0	1-1	4-6	1L
7 Ottawa	30	14	12	4	32	0.533	10	11	96	99	-3	6-6-2	8-6-2	3-0	4-6	1W
8 Buffalo	31	13	14	4	30	0.484	9	11	95	108	-13	9-5-2	4-9-2	2-0	5-5	2W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	31	22	2	7	51	0.823	20	22	124	72	52	12-0-2	10-2-5	0-4	7-3	1W
2 Dallas	32	21	6	5	47	0.734	17	18	111	85	26	10-4-1	11-2-4	3-2	8-2	1L
3 Minnesota	31	17	9	5	39	0.629	11	14	90	83	7	9-3-4	8-6-1	3-1	7-3	2W
4 Utah	33	15	15	3	33	0.5	12	15	101	97	4	8-5-1	7-10-2	0-0	3-7	1W
5 Chicago	31	13	12	6	32	0.516	12	13	91	94	-3	7-5-3	6-7-3	0-2	3-7	1L
6 St Louis	33	12	14	7	31	0.47	12	12	84	118	-34	6-7-4	6-7-3	0-2	5-5	1W
7 Winnipeg	30	14	15	1	29	0.483	12	13	91	95	-4	7-7-0	7-8-1	1-1	2-8	3L
8 Nashville	30	12	14	4	28	0.467	8	10	85	105	-20	8-8-2	4-6-2	2-0	6-4	2W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Vegas	30	15	6	9	39	0.65	11	14	93	88	5	7-4-4	8-2-5	1-3	5-5	1W
2 Anaheim	31	19	11	1	39	0.629	11	15	113	103	10	11-4-0	8-7-1	4-0	6-4	1L
3 LA Kings	30	14	8	8	36	0.6	9	13	82	80	2	4-6-3	10-2-5	1-5	4-6	1L
4 Edmonton	31	14	11	6	34	0.548	9	14	103	107	-4	8-3-3	6-8-3	0-2	5-5	1W
5 San Jose	32	15	14	3	33	0.516	8	14	90	105	-15	9-5-3	6-9-0	1-1	5-5	1W
6 Seattle	29	12	11	6	30	0.517	7	12	73	90	-17	7-5-3	5-6-3	0-3	3-7	1L
7 Calgary	32	12	16	4	28	0.438	10	10	82	96	-14	7-5-2	5-11-2	2-2	6-4	1L
8 Vancouver	31	11	17	3	25	0.403	7	9	87	111	-24	4-10-1	7-7-2	2-0	2-8	2L

Vegas Golden Knights

Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL Betting Preview: Golden Knights vs Blue Jackets

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Under 6.5 Probability

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Vegas Golden Knights vs Columbus Blue Jackets Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Vegas Golden Knights Injury Table

Columbus Blue Jackets Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Vegas Golden Knights Lineups

Previous Columbus Blue Jackets Lineups

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