Carolina Hurricanes vs Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/31/26

The Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets meet for an ultra-important meeting in the NHL on Tuesday. In their third of four meetings this season, these Metropolitan Division rivals are within a tight playoff race. Carolina is currently gunning for the Eastern Conference lead, while Columbus is battling to secure a playoff spot at all. Here is our Hurricanes vs. Blue Jackets expert prediction.

Columbus has been one of the hottest teams over the last month, going 9-1-4 over a 14 game span and collecting 22 of a possible 28 points. However, they have cooled off with a three-game losing streak, and are 1-3-1 over their last 5 games. While they may be on home ice, this is the toughest team they have faced since the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 10th. They did take on this Hurricanes team on March 17th, but a 5-1 road victory for the Blue Jackets should have Carolina coming out looking for vengeance. Carolina has won 4 of their last 6 games, and in a 3-way tie for first in the Eastern Conference, there is still lots of work to be done. They are fully healthy and have been an excellent road team (20-11-4), so they are set up well to take down this struggling opponent. For our Hurricanes vs. Blue Jackets prediction, we are siding with Carolina on the money line.

Hurricanes vs Blue Jackets prediction: Hurricanes ML (-135) available at time of publishing. Playable to -150.