An NHL Game Day Preview between the Columbus Blue Jackets Vs Chicago Blackhawks – StatementGames alternative Fantasy Hockey, play for FREE and WIN CASH Rewards.
When: 8:00 PM EST, January 29, 2021
Where: United Center, Chicago, IL
TV: NHLN
Puckline: Blue Jackets -1.5 / +200 | Blackhawks +1.5 / -245
Moneyline: Blue Jackets -130 | Blackhawks +110
OVER/UNDER Game Total: 5.5
Columbus Blue Jackets
Record: 3-2-2-1
Road Record: 1-2-1-0
PL: 2-6
Chicago Blackhawks
Record: 2-3-2-1
Home Record: 2-0-0-0
PL: 5-3
Columbus Blue Jackets Vs Chicago Blackhawks Game Day Preview
Tonight the Columbus Blue Jackets will face the Chicago Blackhawks for the first of two consecutive game in Chicago.
This is the only game on the NHL schedule for tonight.
Even without exuberant fans in the seats, the Chicago Blackhawks are a better team in the Madhouse on Madison. The Blue Jackets are ready to put that theory to the test.
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Blue Jackets arrive in Chicago after claiming a home-ice 3-2 shootout win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. Columbus has now gone to extra time in four of its past five outings. They are on a 3-0-3 run after losing its first two games of the season in regulation.
Alexandre Texier’s game-winning goal awsome! Texier put a one-handed shot through the legs of Florida goalie Chris Driedger. It was the third-year center’s first career shootout attempt.
“What a goal by Tex,” said Blue Jackets forward Max Domi, who netted his first goal of the season in the third period. “That was absolutely ridiculous. … Off the charts.”
The Blue Jackets have had their share of drama with the trade that sent Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Winnipeg Jets and brought Patrik Laine — who has yet to play for them — and Jack Roslovic into the fold, but believe they are taking the right steps forward.
“We had a couple surges from them early, but we didn’t give them much,” said Roslovic, a Columbus native who made his Blue Jackets debut Thursday. “I think we played with good pace and the right way, and came away with two points.”
Moving forward, watch for Columbus to become a more consistent team.
Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks opened the season with six of eight games on the road, and they lost all of their contests away from Chicago, going 0-3-3. Chicago is heading home after a pair of extra-time losses in Nashville, but in looking at the positive, the Blackhawks collected points in five consecutive outings (2-0-3).
“We had the opportunity to get more than two points (in Nashville), but at the same time it’s good to get two,” Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton said after his team’s 2-1 shootout loss on Wednesday. “We’ll go back home and try to build on it.”
Chicago’s struggles aren’t much of a surprise considering the team is in the midst of a rebuild and has a number of key offensive players out of the lineup for a variety of issues and ailments.
However, the Blackhawks are discovering what their goaltending tandem can provide, with both netminders — Malcolm Subban and Kevin Lankinen — coming off strong effort in Nashville.
Blue Jackets Vs Blackhawks Facts
- Blue Jackets are 3-7 in their last 10 games as a favorite.
- Blackhawks are 6-1 in their last 7 home games.
- Blue Jackets are 2-10 in the last 12 meetings in Chicago.
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10 PT Pick: Columbus Blue Jackets Face OFF % OVER 50.0%
9 PT Pick: Boone Jenner + Cam Atkinson UNDER 1.5 Combined PTS
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