Metro Div Game of the Month NHL 10*
(NHL) Columbus vs. Pittsburgh, 03/07/2023 7:00 PM, Score: 4 - 5
Point Spread: -1.50 | -130.00 Pittsburgh (Home)
Result: Loss
ASA NHL TOP PLAY ON 10* Pittsburgh Penguins Puck Line (-1.5 goals -130) over Columbus Blue Jackets, Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET - Pittsburgh is in a great spot here which is why they are a -300 favorite on the money line.  Where the value is here is with the puck line which is in the -130 range on this one.  Regardless of the starting goalies here, we love the Penguins in this spot.  However, we will mention that the expected starters are Elvis Merzlikins for the Blue Jackets and Tristan Jarry for the Penguins.  Merzlikins is having a horrific season and Columbus has lost 19 of his 26 starts and he has a 4.15 GAA which is ridiculously high.  Jarry has a solid 2.77 GAA and has a 19-7-5 record overall.  The Blue Jackets have lost 22 of 29 road games this season while the Penguins are on home ice where they have been rock solid this season.  We love the fact that Pittsburgh is off a 4-1 road loss but now back home and the road loss had followed a 4-game winning streak.  Also, the Penguins have won 6 straight over the Blue Jackets by a combined score of 28 to 12.  That works out to an average score of 5 to 2 and there is certainly nothing average about that!  The fact is the Blue Jackets struggle consistently when facing these Penguins and now Columbus enters this match-up slumping as well.  The Blue Jackets have lost 10 of 15 games.  The Penguins have averaged scoring nearly 5 goals per game in last 6 wins on home ice and Columbus just will not be able to keep up here.  Home team in a blowout per our computer math model.  Laying the 1.5 goals with home favorite Pittsburgh is the value play here.