{"id":540381,"date":"2026-04-04T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/540381\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:45:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:45:29","slug":"why-columbus-is-favored-to-win-saturdays-nhl-matchup-4-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/540381\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Columbus is favored to win Saturday’s NHL matchup [4\/4\/2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Columbus Blue Jackets will face the Winnipeg Jets in NHL action at Nationwide Arena on Saturday, commencing at 7:00 PM ET.<\/p>\n

Based on updated simulation results, Dimers’ proven NHL model predicts the Blue Jackets as the most likely winner of the Jets vs. Blue Jackets<\/a> game.<\/p>\n

This article offers a closer look at Saturday’s matchup, including projected goal scorers, best bets and player prop picks.<\/p>\n

Jets vs. Blue Jackets prediction: Who will win and cover?<\/p>\n

Using trusted machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Saturday’s NHL matchup between the Jets and Blue Jackets, forming part of our NHL predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our famous predictive model currently gives the Blue Jackets a 55% chance of beating the Jets.<\/p>\n

According to our model, the Jets (+1.5) have a 67% chance of covering the puck line, while the over\/under total of six goals has a 51% chance of staying under.<\/p>\n

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Jets vs. Blue Jackets odds<\/p>\n

We have researched the best NHL odds<\/a> in America for this game, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nJets
\nBlue Jackets<\/p>\n

Puck Line
\n+1.5 (-200)
\n-1.5 (+180)<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n+120
\n-138<\/p>\n

Total
\no6 (-105)
\nu6 (-115)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Jets vs. Blue Jackets picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Columbus Blue Jackets will face the Winnipeg Jets in NHL action at Nationwide Arena on Saturday, commencing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5121],"tags":[5,78,4,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-540381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg-jets","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-jets","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-winnipeg","12":"tag-winnipeg-jets","13":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116346980011534796","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}