This is a Free #NHL play the Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5.

Columbus is on a roll, coming into Detroit as winners of six straight. There is no margin for error though, as this is a team still sitting six points back of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Red Wings had won seven of eight before dropping their last three games.

Detroit sits in third place in the East, just three points back of the first place Penguins. It's not going to be easy to break out of a slump against one of the league's elite netminders, as Sergei Bobrovsky looks to be in the hunt for another Vezina Trophy. He's undefeated in his six starts in December so far, boasting a phenomenal .943 save percentage in those games.

The Wings have a history of struggling against the Jackets, as Columbus has won six of the last eight head to head meetings. During that span they have taken 2-of-3 in Detroit, and the lone loss came in a game decided by just one goal.

I like the Jackets to keep things close in the Motor City tonight.

Take CBJ +1.5

GL,

Jesse Schule