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Our number makes this a coin flip. Either side is a bet at +123 or longer, and neither is at a shorter price.

Blue Jackets at Blues · 10 OctOur number makes this a coin flip.
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The Blue Jackets covered the puck line in 24 of their 41 road games in 2025-26 and in 17 of 41 at home. On a home night the Blue Jackets odds deserve the harder look: backing Columbus to win in its own building lost 5.75 units.

Watch where they play

Columbus was as level as a team gets in 2025-26. A 40-42 record, 3.09 goals scored and 3.09 allowed per game, 41 covers and 41 misses on the puck line. The venue is what split them. On the road they covered 24 of 41. At home, 17 of 41. Only eight NHL teams covered more often away, and two more, Chicago and the Islanders, matched them.

The Blue Jackets at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (41)won 20 (48.8%)Away (41)won 20 (48.8%)Favorite (38)won 22 (57.9%)Underdog (44)won 18 (40.9%)50%
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Same record, different money

They went 20-21 in both buildings, and the moneyline still came apart. Backing the Blue Jackets to win every home game lost 5.75 units. Every road game made 1.24. Every one of their three best-priced wins came on the road: 5-2 at Tampa Bay at +195, 4-1 at Ottawa at +180, 5-1 at Dallas at +155. The three shortest prices they lost at were all at home, between 28 March and 12 April: Boston twice, at -205 and -162, and San Jose at -185.

Better as the underdog on the puck line

The market priced them as underdogs 44 times. They won 18 of those and the moneyline lost 4.63 units, but with the goal and a half they covered 29 of 44. As favorites it ran the other way: 22-16 straight up, 12 covers in 38.

The Blue Jackets 2025-26 regular season, game by game2025-10-09 at Nashville Predators 1-22025-10-11 at Minnesota Wild 7-42025-10-13 v New Jersey Devils 2-32025-10-16 v Colorado Avalanche 1-42025-10-18 v Tampa Bay Lightning 3-22025-10-21 at Dallas Stars 5-12025-10-24 v Washington Capitals 1-52025-10-25 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5-42025-10-28 at Buffalo Sabres 4-32025-10-29 v Toronto Maple Leafs 6-32025-11-01 v St. Louis Blues 3-22025-11-02 at New York Islanders 2-32025-11-05 at Calgary Flames 1-52025-11-08 at Vancouver Canucks 3-42025-11-10 at Edmonton Oilers 4-52025-11-11 at Seattle Kraken 2-12025-11-13 v Edmonton Oilers 5-42025-11-15 v New York Rangers 1-22025-11-17 v Montreal Canadiens 4-32025-11-18 at Winnipeg Jets 2-52025-11-20 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3-22025-11-22 at Detroit Red Wings 3-42025-11-24 at Washington Capitals 1-52025-11-26 v Toronto Maple Leafs 1-22025-11-28 v Pittsburgh Penguins 3-42025-12-01 at New Jersey Devils 5-32025-12-04 v Detroit Red Wings 6-52025-12-06 at Florida Panthers 6-72025-12-07 at Washington Capitals 0-22025-12-09 at Carolina Hurricanes 1-42025-12-11 v Ottawa Senators 3-62025-12-13 v Vegas Golden Knights 2-32025-12-16 v Anaheim Ducks 4-32025-12-18 v Minnesota Wild 2-52025-12-20 at Anaheim Ducks 3-42025-12-22 at Los Angeles Kings 3-12025-12-28 v New York Islanders 4-22025-12-29 at Ottawa Senators 4-12025-12-31 v New Jersey Devils 2-32026-01-03 v Buffalo Sabres 5-12026-01-04 v Pittsburgh Penguins 4-52026-01-06 at San Jose Sharks 2-52026-01-08 at Vegas Golden Knights 3-52026-01-10 at Colorado Avalanche 0-42026-01-11 at Utah Mammoth 3-22026-01-13 v Calgary Flames 5-32026-01-15 v Vancouver Canucks 4-12026-01-17 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4-32026-01-20 v Ottawa Senators 1-42026-01-22 v Dallas Stars 1-02026-01-24 v Tampa Bay Lightning 8-52026-01-28 v Philadelphia Flyers 5-32026-01-30 at Chicago Blackhawks 4-22026-01-31 at St. Louis Blues 5-32026-02-03 at New Jersey Devils 3-02026-02-04 v Chicago Blackhawks 4-02026-02-26 at Boston Bruins 2-42026-02-28 v New York Islanders 3-42026-03-02 at New York Rangers 5-42026-03-03 v Nashville Predators 3-22026-03-05 v Florida Panthers 4-22026-03-07 v Utah Mammoth 4-52026-03-09 v Los Angeles Kings 4-52026-03-10 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5-22026-03-12 at Florida Panthers 1-22026-03-14 at Philadelphia Flyers 2-12026-03-17 v Carolina Hurricanes 5-12026-03-19 v New York Rangers 6-32026-03-21 v Seattle Kraken 5-22026-03-22 at New York Islanders 0-12026-03-24 at Philadelphia Flyers 3-22026-03-26 at Montreal Canadiens 1-22026-03-28 v San Jose Sharks 2-32026-03-29 v Boston Bruins 3-42026-03-31 v Carolina Hurricanes 2-52026-04-02 at Carolina Hurricanes 1-52026-04-04 v Winnipeg Jets 1-22026-04-07 at Detroit Red Wings 4-32026-04-09 at Buffalo Sabres 0-52026-04-11 at Montreal Canadiens 5-22026-04-12 v Boston Bruins 2-32026-04-14 v Washington Capitals 1-2Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margin0
40-42 in 82 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

November did the damage

November was the worst month to hold a Columbus ticket: 5-10, five covers, 5.94 units down. January was the best of the rest at 10-5, ten covers and 3.81 units. April closed 2-5.

One unit on the Blue Jackets to win, every game0-6-4-2+2-4.51 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 82 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Washington had their number

Washington beat them all four times and Columbus never covered against them: 4.00 units lost backing the Blue Jackets. Boston won all three meetings. At the other end, Tampa Bay and Philadelphia lost all three, worth 3.67 and 2.31 units.

The Blue Jackets against the teams they played mostCarolina Hurricanes1-3New Jersey Devils2-2New York Islanders1-3Pittsburgh Penguins2-2Washington Capitals0-4Boston Bruins0-3Buffalo Sabres2-1Detroit Red Wings2-1
2025-26 regular season; dark is wins, light the games played. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Unders, and 24 games past regulation

Forty-three unders, 39 overs. Seven NHL teams finished with a bigger share of unders, and the Islanders and St. Louis with the same share. Twenty-four Columbus games went past regulation, 15 settled in overtime and nine in a shootout, and in one-goal games they were 18-25.

Questions and answers

Should you back the Blue Jackets in Columbus or away from it?

Away from it, going by 2025-26: 24 puck line covers in 41 away games against 17 at home, and backing them to win away made 1.24 units while home games lost 5.75.

How did the Blue Jackets do on the puck line in 2025-26?

Dead level: 41 covers and 41 misses in 82 games.

How have the Blue Jackets fared against Washington?

Four games, four defeats in 2025-26, no puck line cover, and 4.00 units gone backing Columbus.

Past games

  1. Mammoth at Blue Jackets · 3 OctThe Mammoth won 21 of 41 on the road last season.
  2. Sabres at Blue Jackets · 1 OctThe Sabres won 24 of 41 on the road last season.

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