The Columbus Blue Jackets, fueled by Artemi Panarin and Cam Atkinson, are ready to take the ice against Ilya Kovalchuk, Drew Doughty, the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center in an East-West showdown. This one will get underway at 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, November 3 and it can be viewed live on Fox Sports West.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Los Angeles Kings Odds
Columbus (-120) is currently favored over Los Angeles (+100). The Over/Under (O/U) is set at 6 goals and initially opened at -110 for the over and -110 for the under. That line has since moved however, and it presently sits at -115 for the over, -105 for the under.
Columbus is 7-5 straight up (SU) and has lost 0.7 units for moneyline bettors this year. Seven of its outings have gone over the total, while five have gone under and none have pushed. As the away team in 2018-19, the Jackets are 4-1 SU.
The Blue Jackets have found the net on 13.3 percent of their power play opportunities thus far. That’s a fairly big drop-off from last year, when they were ranked 25th in the league by converting on 17.0 percent of their extra-man advantages. Their penalty kill has weakened a bit, as they’ve gone from successfully defending 75.0 percent of opponents’ power plays (ranked 29th overall last year) to 73.7 percent this year..
With a .899 save percentage and 27.9 saves per game, Sergei Bobrovsky (3-5) has been the top option in goal for Columbus this season. If head coach John Tortorella chooses to rest him, however, the team could turn to Joonas Korpisalo (4-1), who has a .881 save percentage and 3.99 goals against average this year.
On the other side of the ice, Los Angeles is 3-9 straight up (SU) and has lost 8.2 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Six of its matches have gone over the total, while five have gone under and just one has pushed. It’s 2-4 SU as the home team thus far.
The Kings have converted on just 14.0 percent of their power play chances this year, a figure that places them in the bottom 10 overall among NHL teams. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 15th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 78.1 percent of all penalties.
Jack Campbell (23.7 saves per game) has been the top choice in goal for the Kings. Campbell has three wins and six losses to his credit and has recorded a poor .906 save percentage and 2.89 goals against average this season.
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Notes
Betting Notes
The Kings are 2-6 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 1-7 when they serve fewer than 10 total penalty minutes.
For both of these teams, the over has hit in four of their past five matchups.
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