Columbus at Montreal

The Columbus Blue Jackets have such a long history of playing poorly on the road that the oddsmakers seem to give their opponents a bump in the line in virtually every game they take the ice away from their own arena. That has all changed this season as the Jackets are a respectable 14-13-1 on the road, their best road mark in many seasons. Montreal has seen the offense struggle over their last four games, not breaking the two-goal mark in any of them. And over their last five games they have now been out-scored by their opponent. The Blue Jackets have taken advantage in recent games vs. opponents that scored 2 or fewer in their previous game at 4-0 in their last four, and Montreal has not been good playing for the fourth time in six days, dropping each of their last four. Play on Columbus.