Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets 4/28/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 04/27/2022 at 10:14 PM ET

Tampa Bay Lightning at Columbus Blue Jackets 4/28/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

This Thursday night April 28th, 2022 7pm EDT the NHL hockey is back with more exciting hockey action. The Tampa Bay Lightening are in Columbus OH to face the  Columvus Blue Jackets in Nationwide Arena. Stay tuned we've got you covered on all the best betting angles here at Picks and Parlays your leader in free sports betting picks!

The Tampa Bay Lightning are 50-22-8, 23-14-2 on the road, sitting in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division. Offensively the Lightning are averaging 3.46 goals, and 30 shots. The Lightning are 20.8% on power play opportunities and 49.9% on faceoffs.

Defensively the Lightning allow 2.82 goals and 29.3 shot attempts with a 79.6% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Lightning is Andrei Vasilevskiy(38-18-5) with a .917 save percentage.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 36-37-7, 20-15-5 at home, sitting in 5th place in the Metropolitan Division. Offensively the Blue Jackets are averaging 3.28 goals and 29.7 shots. The Blue Jackets are 18.4% on power play opportunities and 49.1% on faceoffs.

Defensively the Blue Jackets are allowing 3.65 goals and 35.8 shot attempts with a 80.1% penalty kill. Expected goalie for the Blue Jackets is Elvis Merzlikins (26-22-7) with a .906 save percentage. 

Betting Trends for vs

We think the home team Blue Jackets will be able to keep the game within the puck line. The Lightning are 1-1 ATS in their last 2 road games and the Blue Jackets are 2-2 ATS in their last 5 home games. For out best bet we are taking the Columbus Blue Jackets to cover the +1.5 spread. Final score prediction the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Columbus Blue Jackets cover the spread and the total stay under 3-2.