The Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets meet Friday in NHL action at the Nationwide Arena. The Pittsburgh Penguins look for a win after winning 10 of their last 12 games. The Columbus Blue Jackets need a win after losing five of their last eight games. 

The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 18.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Jake Guentzel leads Pittsburgh with 21 goals, Kris Letang has 31 assists and Evan Rodriguez has 123 shots on goal. Defensively, the Pittsburgh Penguins are allowing 2.5 goals per game and are killing 89.5 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Tristan Jarry has allowed 66 goals on 899 shots faced, and Casey DeSmith has allowed 26 goals on 233 shots.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 16.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Boone Jenner leads Columbus with 15 goals, Jakub Voracek has 24 assists and Zach Werenski has 104 shots on goal. Defensively, the Columbus Blue Jackets are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 78 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Elvis Merzlikins has allowed 66 goals on 736 shots faced, and Joonas Korpisalo has allowed 51 goals on 432 shots.

The Penguins are 8-2 in their last 10 road games and 18-5 in their last 23 overall. The Blue Jackets are 2-7 in their last 9 games playing on 0 days rest and 5-13 in their last 18 overall. The over is 35-15-2 in Blue Jackets last 52 overall. The Penguins are 36-17 in the last 53 meetings.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are still the hottest team in the league, and they’ve done some of their best work in the road favorite role. The Columbus Blue Jackets have had issues stringing wins together as of late, and they’ve had issues on the end of back to backs as well. The Penguins have also abused the Blue Jackets over the years. Give me the Penguins and the PL for max betting value.