Columbus Blue Jackets vs Washington Capitals Prediction: Expect a productive match

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Columbus has been making quite an impression lately, but the regular season started badly for the Jackets. Probably one of the main reasons for this is the change of head coach shortly before the start of the season. After all, the roster was formed under Mike Babcock, but the experienced specialist got into a scandal, so Pascal Vincent became the new manager. Only by the second half of November, he managed to make progress in the results, and before that, there was a 9-match losing streak. Now things are improving. In the last five games, Blue Red won three wins with two defeats, and the day before, they beat Buffalo 9:4 but remained in 15th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Washington Capitals continue their battle for the playoffs. They failed to solve this problem a year ago, but now the Capitals are trying to work on their mistakes and still make it to the Cup Final Eight. They've already had some serious slumps during the regular season, but they've also had some successful stretches. For example, at the equator of November, they had a five-game winning streak. After that, they won only twice in seven games, but in the last six meetings, they managed to win four times, moving up to eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings. 

Washington is a participant in the struggle to get into the playoffs. Now the Capitals are in good shape, and they have won four of their last six games, which allowed them to climb to eighth place in the Eastern Conference standings. Spencer Carbery's wards will try to improve their position, as Columbus is the league's underdog. Still, they play traditionally well against the Jackets, winning six of their last seven head-to-head meetings, including both in the regular season.

Columbus recently began to stamp one productive match after another, pleasing their fans with spectacular hockey and others. In the previous six games, the Jackets had 57 shots on goal (9.50 per game on average). The Metropolitans have far fewer goal-rich games, but in the upcoming meeting, there is every chance to have fun in attack; the opponent allows it.