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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 15, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: Amalie Arena — Tampa, FL

Article updated Dec 15, 2:01 AM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Columbus is on the road playing Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/15/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Tampa Bay -330 was the opening favorite and current line is Tampa

Game outlook

Columbus is on the road playing Tampa Bay at the Amalie Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/15/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Tampa Bay -330 was the opening favorite and current line is Tampa Bay -305.

Columbus Highlights

With a power ranking of 29, Columbus is ranked #25 in offense (scoring an average of 2.96 per game), #31 in defense (allowing an average of 4.11 points to be scored against them per game) and are 10-16-2 this season.

Tampa Bay Highlights

Tampa Bay Lightning has a power ranking of 2 and are #7 for offense (scoring an average of 3.52 per game), #14 for defense (giving up an average of 4.11 points per game) and 18-10 overall. Columbus went 2-1-0 in their last 3 matchups against Tampa Bay.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Tampa Bay Lightning to win and the total score to be 6.5. 59% of SportsJaw predicts Tampa Bay Lightning to win. OddsShark predicts Tampa Bay will win and the total will go under.

U: 1.5% picked Columbus Blue Jackets on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Blue Jackets 3 to Lightning 4.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Blue Jackets 3 to Lightning 4.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw published this archived preview from its original game-day article. Its prediction and quoted lines are preserved as written.

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SportsJaw Blue Jackets vs Lightning archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Blue Jackets vs Lightning matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Columbus Blue Jackets+268 → +260Moved
  • Moneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning-330 → -305Moved
  • Spread · Columbus Blue Jackets+1.5 (+110) → +1.5 (+110)Unchanged
  • Spread · Tampa Bay Lightning-1.5 (-130) → -1.5 (-130)Unchanged
  • Total · Over6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Columbus Blue Jackets
10-18 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 2-8-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Tampa Bay Lightning
18-10 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 6-3-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-15T07:01:48.393Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-10-14Tampa Bay Lightning 5 · Columbus Blue Jackets 2
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1

Tampa Bay Lightning defeated Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on December 15, 2022, a 3-goal decision in the series. Tampa Bay Lightning's strongest period was the 3rd period, when it outscored its opponent 3-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5 (+110) spread, Tampa Bay Lightning covered, while the 5 combined goals finished under the recorded total of 6.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • Fisher49Moneyline · Columbus Blue Jackets +268Loss
  • Roderick806Total · Under 6.5 (-110)Win
  • MackintoshTotal · Over 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • DoclocksMoneyline · Columbus Blue Jackets +270Loss
  • VfernandezMoneyline · Columbus Blue Jackets +268Loss
  • JohnnywalkerMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -330Win
  • JaredkuntzMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -329Win
  • OddssharkTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Win
  • MalakhovSpread · Tampa Bay Lightning -1.5 (-133)Win
  • CoversMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -329Win
  • CoolioMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -329Win
  • CoolioTotal · Over 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Tampa Bay Lightning -329Win