Blues vs Blue Jackets Saturday Night NHL Online Betting Odds

With a schedule that’s packed with 12 games, we felt like a kid in a candy store as we settled in to research the Saturday National Hockey League online wagering lines. The Kings, Flyers, and Blues all caught our eye.

In the end, we decided on the Columbus Blue Jackets vs. St. Louis Blues contest as our best bet today. Puck drop is schedule for February 23, 2013, at 8:00 PM ET from the Scottrade Center, in St. Louis, Missouri.

St. Louis Blues: Look to regain early season winning form

After a white-hot start, that saw St. Louis open the 2013 NHL season with a 6-1 record, the Blues have cooled some with a 3-7 record over their last ten outings. Five straight loses were follow by three road wins and now back-to-back loses during the mediocre run. Losing Vladimir Tarasenko, the NHL third leading rookie scorer, to an upper body injury is a slight concern here. On the other side of the coin, the return of Jaroslav Halak between the pipes is a boost for the Blues.

Columbus Blue Jackets: Lengthy road trip continues in the Show Me State

Surprise 3-2 winners in the Motor City on Thursday night, the Columbus Blue Jackets bring some rare momentum into their battle with the Blues tonight. The Jackets scored with under a minute left in the game to earn the first win on their current six game road trip. The win came with a cost for the Blue Jackets as Columbus lost center Artem Anisimov to a head injury in Detroit. Columbus is trying to avoid matching Buffalo with a league high 11 loses early on in the 2013 NHL season.

St. Louis vs. Columbus Online Betting Odds & Sportsbook Review Game Day Prediction

We turn to the bovada.lv online wagering website for our Blue Jackets vs. Blues betting lines. The Jackets recent win didn’t help our cause much as St. Louis is huge home chalk at -1.5 (+120) on the puck line and a gaudy -230 straight up. Columbus gets 1.5 pucks (-225) ATS and +190 on the money line. Game total betting fans get an Over/Under line posted at 5.5 goals (O +125 U -145). Our anti-Columbus crusade continues tonight as we’ll back the Blues (-230 ML) at Bovada!