Philadelphia Flyers at Columbus Blue Jackets 4/7/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH will welcome the Philadelphia Flyers Thursday night for a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Philadelphia has been terrible this season coming into Thursday 15 games below .500 after losing four of the last five games played including a 4-2 loss to this Columbus team on Tuesday. Carter Hart was overwhelmed in the net for Philadelphia against Columbus allowing three goals on 29 shots in just under 58 minutes on the ice.

Offensively Philadelphia produced 49 shots as a team but found the net only twice resulting in the loss. James van Riemsdyk and Noah Cates provided the biggest spark for Philadelphia scoring one goal each.

The Columbus Blue Jackets go back home Thursday night following their win over this Philadelphia team that ended a long losing streak. Sean Kuraly and Carson Meyer shined for Columbus against Philadelphia with one goal and one assist each.

Offensively this season Columbus has been a middle of the pack team averaging 3.17 goals per game on 30.1 shots as a team. Patrik Laine does it all for the Columbus offense leading the team with 52 points to go along with a team high 25 goals on 153 shots.