Prediction for Ottawa Senators - Columbus Blue Jackets 14 February 2024

Ottawa-Columbus, hardly anyone from today's game day will be interested in this particular pair. A meeting of two outsiders without much tournament motivation, as the teams are clearly not going to make the playoffs. However, this fact gives us the opportunity to believe that the two outsiders will not be too hard on defence and will try to prove themselves in attack. Yes, Ottawa looks like the favourite, generally deserved, the team has picked up several wins in a row in recent games. However, this has lowered the odds on them, and Ottawa is a very open team, they score a lot and concede even more. Columbus doesn't have a top attack, but they score goals, I think they will score at least 3 goals against the Senators.

Another tb match. The logic here is a breeze. Both teams have completely failed the season and are at the bottom of the table in the East. But still Ottawa has 2 points more and 3 games in hand, and has won their last 3 games. They beat Detroit and Nashville in overtime, and slammed Toronto with 5 goals. Columbus is playing with mixed success, sometimes even beating Calgary and not missing a puck from St Louis, but overall things are sad. However, no matter how much better Ottawa is, their chances at the playoffs have long been lost, so they definitely won't close. Tb is the most logical option in this pairing, so I'll play it.

On the 14th of February within the next game day in the NHL will be a match between the "Ottawa Senators" and "Columbus Blue Jackets". The meeting will begin at 03:00 Moscow time. "Senators" from Ottawa scored 44 points, after 48 matches played and are located on the 15th line in the Eastern Conference. The team has 163 booked pucks in the asset, in the passive - 173 missed. "Mundirs" from Columbus earned 42 points, after 51 matches played and settled on the 16th line in the Western Conference. In the asset of the team 150 booked pucks, in the passive - 188 missed. "Senators" won three games in a row not the weakest opponents. "Ottawa" regularly beats "Columbus" at home, so its victory for a good odds is the best betting decision.