Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets 1/31/2023 Picks

Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets 1/31/2023 Picks Predictions Previews

The Washington Capitals will be heading to Ohio for their second straight road trip and face off with the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena in Columbus on Tuesday night.

Washington dropped their overall standing to 26-20-6 and road record to 12-12-3 with 58 points following an upset road loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at 1-5 on Sunday.

The Capitals ended up scoring just one goal in the opening period but were held scoreless in the next two periods leading to their four-point defeat to the Maple Leafs.

Center Nicklas Backstrom hit a power-play goal on assists from LWs Marcus Johansson and Conor Sheary for the first goal of the match and the only goal for Washington in the losing effort.

The Capitals have two different leaders in three major categories in the league, LW Alex Ovechkin led Washington in points with 54 and in goal-scoring with 32.

Center Evgeny Kuznetsov chipped in a team-high 35 assists as the no.1 set-up man for his team. Ovechkin’s 10 goals came from a power-play shot while Kuznetsov’s 12 assists were dispensed while his team was on a power play.

The Washington Capitals totaled 161 goals, 275 assists, and 436 points on 1,653 total shots on goal attempted this year.

Washington is 3-6 straight up in its last 9 contests and the Capitals are 6-1 SU in their last 7 matches played versus Columbus.

The Washington Capitals are 9-4 straight up in their last 13 road games and 7-2 SU in their last 9 outings when playing on the road against the Blue Jackets.

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Washington Capitals vs Columbus Blue Jackets Predictions 1/31/2023

The Columbus Blue Jackets are returning home after a couple of stressful road losses and will try to end them with a victory over the visiting Washington Capitals on Tuesday night.

Columbus dropped their overall standing to 15-32-3 with 33 points and placed last in the Metropolitan Division with a home record of 11-15-1 for the year.

The Blue Jackets earned their second road loss to the Seattle Kraken at 1-3 following a 2-5 defeat away from home versus the Vancouver Canucks on January 27.

Columbus scored just a single goal on Center Kent Johnson’s 10th goal of the season on an assist from Center Jack Roslovic in less than two minutes left in the second period.

The Blue Jackets’ left-wingman Johnny Gaudreau led his team in points with 48 and chipped in a team-high 35 assists as Columbus’ top setter for the year.

RW Patrick Laine led the Blue Jackets in goal-scoring with 14 while Center Boone Jenner also nailed another 14 goals with 5 coming from a power-play.

The Columbus Blue Jackets compiled a total of 122 goals, 215 assists, and 337 points after accumulating a total of 1,436 shots on goal this year.

The totals went OVER in 4 of Columbus’ last 6 contests versus Washington while the Blue Jackets are 5-15 straight up in their last 20 games played.

The totals went OVER in 5 of Columbus’ last 6 home matches while the Blue Jackets are 2-7 SU in their last 9 outings when playing at home against the Capitals.

Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets. The NHL Pick for this contest is Washington -222. The Capitals are the more dominant team in this match-up which makes this game a mismatch to the full on both sides of the puck.

Washington is currently sitting on a playoff seat in the tough Eastern Conference and chased for as many wins as it can get while Columbus is just on the opposite side of the coin. The prediction: Washington Capitals will win 4-1.

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