Columbus Blue Jackets vs Anaheim Ducks Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 12/20/25

The Columbus Blue Jackets are set to battle the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday evening at Honda Center. These teams met last week on Tuesday, with the Blue Jackets prevailing by a score of 4-3 in overtime. Columbus then lost to Minnesota 5-2 on Thursday before traveling across the country for Saturday’s matchup in Anaheim. Picking up back-to-back wins against the Ducks may prove to be a difficult task for the Blue Jackets this time around. Anaheim has been great on home ice all season, owning a strong 11-5-0 record when playing in front of their home fans. Columbus is just 7-8-3 on the road, and has dropped 5 of their last 6 road contests.

Despite dropping 4 of their last 5 games, the Ducks have been a model of consistency this season. They’ve been great at bouncing back, having lost 3 games in a row just once this season, all of which came on the road. Leo Carlsson and company should be salivating when on the power play, as Columbus ranks 30th in the NHL with a penalty kill percentage of just 72%. The Ducks have just one power play goal over their last 6 games, but this could be the perfect spot to get back on track. Fade the Blue Jackets and take confidence backing the Ducks in this one,

Blue Jackets vs Ducks prediction: Ducks ML (-115) available at time of publishing. Playable to -125.