Blue Jackets vs Blues Picks and Prediction – 1/12/2025

The Columbus Blue Jackets go on the road Saturday night with a game in Saint Louis, Missouri against the Saint Louis Blues. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks. The Blue Jackets take to the road with a 19-23 record and are on a three game winning streak. Columbus has been above average offensively scoring 3.37 goals per game this season. Defensively the Blue Jackets have been below average allowing 3.61 goals per game, and gave up two goals in their recent win against the Seattle Kraken. Elvis Merzlikins was in the net for the Blue Jackets against Seattle posting the .935 save percentage after giving up two goals on 31 shots in 60 minutes of play. The Blue Jackets scored four goals in the second period and was a main reason why they won the game.

Saint Louis stays at home Saturday night and have been average this season with a 20-23 record so far and are on a one game winning streak following their win against the Anaheim Ducks. Offensively St. Louis has been below average scoring 2.79 goals per game. Defensively the Blues have been above average allowing 3.07 goals per game so far this year. Jordan Kyrou leads the way for the Blues offense with 38 points this year. Kyrou also leads the team with 19 goals on 130 shots. Jordan Binnington is the top goalie for Saint Louis so far with 11 wins and 26 outings carrying a .896 save percentage.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been scoring quite a few goals so far this season as they are ranked 5th in the league in goals scored per game. The Blue Jackets have won three games in a row and are hoping to keep the streak going. The Saint Louis Blues have been scoring also lately as they have 14 goals in their last three games played. This will be a high scoring game with the Blues just scoring enough to get the victory. Final Score Prediction, Saint Louis wins 5-4.