There were no sharp bets to be found last night and tonight I can only spot one.
Dallas Stars @ Columbus Blue Jackets
The Stars are on an incredible 6 game winning streak at the moment, which includes 3 road victories over some very strong teams. Dallas has found ways to win close games of late with 5 of these 6 wins coming by the slim margin of 1 goal. Tonight the Stars are in Columbus to take on the Blue Jackets whose recent 5 game winning streak has given way to a 5 game losing skid in which they have been defeated by some very large margins.
The Blue Jackets lost to the Penguins 7-2 on Saturday and the Sabres 5-0 on Friday. They have not been playing solid Blue Jackets defensive hockey and this will need to change tonight if Columbus hopes to keep players like Richards, Eriksson and Ribeiro off the scoreboard. Even though the teams are on opposite ends of 5 game streaks, the Blue Jackets are still the favourites in this game, likely due to their formidable 8-3 home record on the season. That being said I still expect each streak to continue with Dallas putting another win on the board tonight.
My Pick: Dallas Stars +105 (Bookmaker.com)
The Penguins win on Saturday improved the NHL Betting record to (36-38) for -5.11 units.
Written by: Niko de Jonge
Tagged with: Columbus Blue Jackets • Dallas Stars