Blue Jackets +1.5 at St Louis. The Blues are the ones with problems.

The God of Odds likes the Columbus Blue Jackets +1.5 at +108 against the St Louis Blues, and BetOnline.ag is the place to hammer it.

Start with the records. Columbus is 2-1 and scoring 3.3 goals per game while putting 29 shots on net per game. St Louis is 1-2-1, scoring just 2.3 per game and allowing 3.3. The Blues have dropped two straight and four of their last six, and that 25.75 shots-per-game average tells you they aren't generating enough to scare anybody.

Now the injuries, and this is where the number gets interesting. St Louis is missing five players: Alexey Toropchenko, Felix Trudeau, Logan Mailloux, Dillon Dube, and Tyler Tucker. That's a roster stretched thin at both ends of the ice. Columbus is down Damon Severson, one name, one hole. When one team is patching four lines and the other is patching one pairing, the plus-money underdog with the better goal differential is the side.

The head-to-head backs it. Columbus has won two of the last three meetings between these clubs. The market hasn't moved off the -1.5, which means nobody's rushing to lay the puck line with a banged-up Blues squad. Good. That's exactly the spot where you take the cushion and the plus price.

One honest note: it's early, three games in, so the signal isn't as loud as it'll be in December. That's why this sits at 3/5 and not higher. But the situational case is clean: healthier team, better scoring rate, recent series edge, and a home side that can't stay out of the training room.

On the price, BetOnline.ag leads the board at +110 on the moneyline and gives you the cleanest number on the puck line side. MyBookie.ag sits at +104, Everygame and BetUS at +110 as well, but BetOnline has been the sharpest out of the group on this game. Take the goal and a half. Take the plus money. Let the Blues prove they can win by two with half their depth in street clothes.