Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction: Expect a Total Over

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on March 30. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Columbus is one of the hopeless outsiders of the NHL, and the current regular season began to develop unsuccessfully from the very first games. To begin with, the Jackets had a 4-match series of defeats, then lost nine more times in a row, after which the level of their ambitions finally became clear. They had some good games during the season but failed to finish the regular season again. In the last ten matches, they have won only one victory, beating San Jose 4:2; in the games with Ottawa and Detroit, they lost outside the regular time - 2:3 and 3:4, respectively, and seven more times, they were left without points. Columbus is in last place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Pittsburgh is close to missing the playoffs for the second year. If a year earlier, the Pennsylvanians claimed to get into the cup battles until the very last game days, but in the end, they gave the last ticket to Florida, and now they are performing much worse. Until the end of February, they were still trying to keep the intrigue and stay close to the top 8, but then they allowed 11 defeats in 14 meetings with three wins, which crossed out all previous efforts. Only in the last two games have the Penguins dealt with Carolina and Columbus in turn – 4:1 and 3:2, respectively, but they remain only in 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings, seven points behind the eight.

Columbus and Pittsburgh are currently in the bottom half of the Eastern Conference standings. The only difference is that the Jackets do not even have an arithmetic chance of reaching the playoffs. However, the Pennsylvanians still have an opportunity to get into the Cup Eight, so they will certainly try to solve this problem. In addition, at the finish of the regular season, the Penguins do not have the most difficult calendar and a series of games with direct competitors.