Blue Jackets at Canucks 3/24/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Columbus Blue Jackets look to snap a three-game losing skid on Sunday when they visit the Vancouver Canucks. The Blue Jackets have lost each of the first three games on their current road trip including Thursday’s 4-1 loss at Edmonton. Scoring the lone goal for Columbus was David Savard, who opened the scoring in the game but the Oilers scored the final four goals of the game.

Vancouver will play the back-half of a back-to-back on Sunday against the Blue Jackets after hosting the Calgary Flames on Saturday. Vancouver defeated the Ottawa Senators 7-4 in its most recent on Wednesday as Bo Horvat scored a pair of goals and added one assist. Cam Atkinson leads the Blue Jackets in goals scored with 38. Artemi Panarin leads in assists with 51 and points with 76. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 31-23-1 with a 2.72 goals against average and .909 save percentage. Columbus is 14th in goals scored at 3.00 and 14th in goals against at 2.93.

Elias Pettersson leads the Canucks in goals scored with 27, in assists with 36 and points with 63. Goaltender Jacob Markstrom is 27-20-9 with a goal’s against average of 2.73 and .913 save percentage. Vancouver is 21st in goals scored per game at 2.73 and 17th in goals against at 3.03.