The Boston Bruins and Columbus Blue Jackets meet Saturday in NHL action at the Nationwide Arena. The Boston Bruins look for a win after winning six of their last seven games. The Columbus Blue Jackets look for a win after splitting their last six games.

The Boston Bruins are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 24.2 percent of their power play opportunities. David Pastrnak leads Boston with 31 goals, Brad Marchand has 31 assists and Patrice Bergeron has 195 shots on goal. Defensively, the Boston Bruins are allowing 2.7 goals per game and are killing 81.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Linus Ullmark has given up 76 goals on 823 shots faced, and Jeremy Swayman has allowed 48 goals on 688 shots.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 17.2 percent of their power play opportunities. Boone Jenner leads Columbus with 23 goals, Jakub Voracek has 38 assists and Zach Werenski has 153 shots on goal. Defensively, the Columbus Blue Jackets are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 80.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Elvis Merzlikins has allowed 105 goals on 1,093 shots faced, and Joonas Korpisalo has allowed 62 goals on 548 shots.

The Bruins are 5-1 in their last 6 road games and 13-3 in their last 16 Saturday games. The Blue Jackets are 17-35 in their last 52 Saturday games and 8-3 in their last 11 overall. The under is 4-0 in Bruins last 4 Saturday games. The over is 33-14-4 in Blue Jackets last 51 home games. The underdog is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been respectable enough to deserve a look in the big underdog role, especially at home, but they’ve had no recent success playing on the end of back to backs. The Boston Bruins have the rest advantage, and they’ve proven themselves on the road enough to trust in these spots. The Bruins also take care of business as favorites. I’ll lay the juice with the road team.