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Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville Predators

If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Saturday when the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators meet at Bridgestone Arena.

Oddsmakers opened the Predators as -127-moneyline favorites versus the Blue Jackets, while the game's total opened at 5.5.

The Blue Jackets were a 3-1 loser in their most recent outing on the road against the Predators. That made winners of bettors who got Nashville at -118 on the moneyline, while the total score (4) was good news for UNDER bettors.

Columbus:
Team record: 0-1-0 SU
Columbus is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games
Columbus is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbus's last 7 games

Nashville:
Team record: 1-0-0 SU
Nashville is 7-18 ATS in its last 25 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 6 games
Nashville is 4-16 ATS in its last 20 games at home

Next up:
Columbus at Detroit Monday, January 18
Nashville home to Carolina Monday, January 18