The Columbus Blue Jackets and Winnipeg Jets meet Friday in NHL action at the Canada Life Centre. The Columbus Blue Jackets need a win after losing six of their last 10 games. The Winnipeg Jets look for a win after winning six of their last nine games.

The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 18.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Patrik Laine leads Columbus with 25 goals, Jakub Voracek has 42 assists and Zach Werenski has 190 shots on goal. Defensively, the Columbus Blue Jackets are allowing 3.7 goals per game and are killing 78.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Elvis Merzlikins has allowed 130 goals on 1,341 shots faced, and Joonas Korpisalo has allowed 78 goals on 634 shots.

The Winnipeg Jets are averaging 3.1 goals per game and are scoring on 21.5 percent of their power play opportunities. Kyle Connor leads Winnipeg with 39 goals, Blake Wheeler has 39 assists and Pierre-Luc Dubois has 185 shots on goal. Defensively, the Winnipeg Jets are allowing 3.1 goals per game and are killing 76.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Connor Hellebuyck has given up 158 goals on 1,767 shots faced, and Eric Comrie has allowed 25 goals on 312 shots.

The Blue Jackets are 3-9 in their last 12 games playing on 2 days rest and 4-1 in their last 5 vs. Central. The Jets are 0-7 in their last 7 Friday games and 4-1 in their last 5 overall. The over is 37-15-5 in Blue Jackets last 57 overall. The over is 4-1-1 in Jets last 6 overall. The home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.

The Winnipeg Jets are on the end of a back to back here, but they’re simply playing the better hockey right now and are hard to pass up at home. The Columbus Blue Jackets are watching their season fall apart over the last couple of weeks, and their defense has been getting rocked. I can’t back the Blue Jackets in their current form. Give me the Jets and the PL for max betting value.