Both teams are coming off overtime games on Thursday with Columbus beating Detroit 3-2 and Carolina losing 2-1 to the Islanders. Jordan Staal tied it for the Hurricanes late in regulation before Josh Bailey scored the game-winner for New York in OT. At Detroit, Artemi Panarin scored midway through overtime for Columbus, which had a 39-20 edge in shots. Sergei Bobrovsky will get his first start in goal for the Blue Jackets after coming off the 2017-18 season with a 2.42 goals-against average and .921 save percentage. Curtis McElhinney also make his debut for Carolina after he was claimed off waivers from Toronto this week. The Hurricanes are 7-19 their last 26 games against teams with winning records and the Blue Jackets are 11-4 their last 15 games when following a win going back to last season. The home team has won six of the last eight meetings. Play the Blue Jackets.
This pick was released to clients on October 05, 2019 at 12:06PM ET.
NHL
Carolina at Columbus
October 5, 2018
7:05 PM Eastern
1 unit on Columbus -147 (moneyline) (risk 1 to return 1.68)
Result:
LOSS
LOSS
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