St. Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets Picks and Prediction for Saturday, November 1, 2025
Use Code WWWC The St Louis Blues (3-6-2, 8 points, 8th Central) are on the road Saturday to open their November schedule against the Blue Jackets (6-4-0, 12 points, 6th Metro). St Louis lost to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday. The Blues have lost six straight and seven of the last eight. St Louis is last in the Central Division. Columbus defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Wednesday night. The Blue Jackets have won three straight and five of the last six. Columbus is 6th in the Metropolitan Division.
St Louis will play without Jake Neighbours and Torey Krug. Columbus will play without Luca Marrelli, while Erik Gudbrandson is questionable. Make sure to read this in-depth St Louis Blues vs Columbus Blue Jackets prediction. Shoot and score! Don’t miss our free NHL picks for the St. Louis Blues at Columbus Blue Jackets prediction.
St. Louis is performing below average at both ends of the ice
The St. Louis Blues are 21st in goals-for average at 2.9 per game, while 31st or next to last in goals-against average at 4.3 per game. St Louis averages 26.7 shots per game and allows 24.7 shots per game, which are 22nd and 3rd, respectively. The St. Louis power play is 10th, scoring 25% of the time the Blues have the man advantage, while the penalty kill is 26th, holding opponents scoreless 70% of the time the Blues are shorthanded.
Jordan Kyrou is leading St Louis in points with 8 (4 goals, 4 assists), while Jake Neighbours (out) is the leader in goals with 6. Jimmy Snuggerud is second in points with 7 (4 goals, 3 assists). Three players are tied for second in goals scored with 4 each. The Blues have scored eight goals on the power play in 11 games. Tyler Tucker is the leader in plus/minus at 2. In goal, Jordan Binnington is 2-4-2 with a 3.21 goals against average and a .860 save percentage. Backup Joel Hofer is 1-2-0 with a 5.81 GAA and .793 SV%.
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Columbus is average on attack but below average at the other end
The Columbus Blue Jackets are 18th in goal-for average at 3.1, while 22nd in goals-against average at 3.1. Columbus is 33.6 (2nd) shots per game and allows an average of 32.7 (31st). The Columbus power play is 20th, scoring 19% of the time the Blue Jackets have the man advantage, while the penalty kill is 31st or next to last, holding opponents scoreless only 63.3% of the time the Blue Jackets are short-handed.
Kirill Marchenko and Dmitri Voronkov are tied for the lead in goals scored with five each and are tied for the lead in points with 10 apiece. Charlie Coyle is the leader in assists with seven. Zach Werenski is third in both goals scored with three and points with eight. Columbus has scored four goals on the power play in 10 games. Werenski is the leader in plus/minus at 9. Columbus splits its two goalies in playing time, with each seeing action in five games. Elvis Merzlikins is 4-1-0 with a 2.97 goals against average and a .915 save percentage. While Jet Greaves is 2-3-0 with a 2.81 GAA and .907 SV%. Merzlikins was in goal most recently; therefore, expect to see Greaves between the pipes on Saturday.
St. Louis Blues vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Pick
Spread Pick for Blues vs. Blue Jackets
- Columbus Blue Jackets (4 units)
The Columbus Blue Jackets arrive at this game riding a three-game winning streak, while winning five of the last six. St Louis is last in the Central division, having lost each of its last six, with a goals-against average over that stretch of 5.00. St.Louis is 1-4 in its last 5 games head-to-head with Columbus and 2-5 in the last seven games against a Metropolitan division team. Columbus has won 13 of its last 19 against a Western Conference team and 10 of the last 15 against a Central Division team. St. Louis is just 26th on the penalty kill, while Columbus is 20th on the power play. St. Louis is playing without its leading goal scorer, Jake Neighbours ( 6 goals), who is also third in points with 8. Columbus goalie, Jet Greaves, who is expected to start in the crease on Saturday, has a 2.81 goals-against average and .907 save percentage, while St. Louis goalie Jordan Binnington has a 3.21 GAA and 8.60 SV%.
Over/Under Pick for St. Louis Blues vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
- Over (4 units)
The total has finished over in all of St. Louis’ last five games, in all of the Blues’ last six games on the road, and in four of St. Louis’ last five games on the road against Columbus. The total has finished over in six of the last eight games overall between the Blues and Blue Jackets. Columbus is 22nd in goals against average, and St. Louis is 31st or next to last.
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