Jackets at Capitals 12/9/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Columbus Blue Jackets look to snap a four-game losing streak when they visit the nation’s capital to play the Washington Capitals on Monday. The Blue Jackets fell to 11-14-4 and 26 points following a 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday. Vladislav Gavrikov scored the only goal for Columbus, while Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves in net. When its opponent scores first, Columbus is 0-10-3 this season.

Pierre-Luc Dubois leads Columbus in goals scored with 10 and in points with 18, while Seth Jones leads in assists with 12. In net for Columbus, Joonas Korpisalo is 11-10-1 with goals against average of 2.85 and save percentage of .900. Columbus is scoring an average of 2.45 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.10 per game.

Washington looks for its seventh straight victory on Monday when hosting the Blue Jackets. The Capitals improved to 22-4-5 and 49 points with a 3-2 victory on Friday over the Anaheim Ducks. Jakub Vrana scored to put the Capitals ahead at the start of the third period and the Capitals held on to beat Anaheim for their sixth straight win in a physical matchup.

Alex Ovechkin leads Washington in goals scored with 20, while John Carlson is the assists leader with 32 and points leader with 43. Braden Holtby is 15-2-4 with goals against of 2.78 and save percentage of .910. Washington is scoring an average of 3.61 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.77 per game.