Columbus and Toronto Meet Tuesday Night at Nationwide Arena
Coach Tremblay · Published Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 21, 2026
Columbus Blue Jackets to win
The read: Modest lean to Columbus, no big cushion here.
- Columbus plays at home; home sides won 53% of NHL matches over the last 2 seasons.
- Columbus has the stronger results over recent seasons.
- Columbus played 2 days before this match, which gives Toronto the rest advantage.
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Form & standings
- 4-4-2
- Record
- 3-4-0
- 6th / 9th
- Division / Conference
- 8th / 16th
- W 3-1 vs SJS
- Last game
- L 1-2 at MIN
- W1
- Streak
- L1
As of publication. W win, L regulation loss, OTL overtime or shootout loss (OT: in overtime, SO: in a shootout). The record reads wins-losses-overtime losses; the streak, W3 = three wins in a row.
Head-to-head
TOR 1 – 2 CBJ- Oct 29, 2025 Blue Jackets won 6–3
- Nov 20, 2025 Blue Jackets won · OT 3–2
- Nov 26, 2025 Maple Leafs won · OT 2–1
The market
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The analysis
The NHL stops in Columbus on Tuesday night. The Columbus Blue Jackets host the Toronto Maple Leafs. The game is part of the 2026-27 regular season. Puck drop is Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 7:00 p.m. ET. Both clubs play at Nationwide Arena, a building that holds 18,144.
Columbus carries a 3 wins, 4 losses, 0 overtime losses (3-4-0) record into this one. Its recent run reads L, W, L, L, W, L, W. The Blue Jackets lost their last game in regulation. At home, Columbus is 3 wins, 2 losses, 0 overtime losses (3-2-0). Columbus is 8th in the Metropolitan Division and 16th in the Eastern Conference going into this game, with 6 points.
Toronto sits at 4 wins, 4 losses, 2 overtime losses (4-4-2). Its sequence reads W, L, OTL, L, W, OTL, W, L, W, L. The Maple Leafs won their last game. On the road, Toronto is 1 win, 1 loss, 1 overtime loss (1-1-1). Toronto is 6th in the Atlantic Division and 9th in the Eastern Conference going into this game, with 10 points.
The numbers we track show 3 meetings between these two clubs during the 2025-2026 regular season. Columbus won 6-3 on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. Columbus also won 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, November 20, 2025. Toronto won 2-1 in overtime on Wednesday, November 26, 2025. The market, read Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 8:50 a.m. ET, has Columbus priced at 1.67 (-149). Toronto sits at 2.37 (+137).
My read: the ice belongs to Columbus tonight. Columbus is at home, and home sides won 53% of NHL matches over the last 2 seasons. Columbus also has the stronger results over recent seasons. I'll take the Columbus Blue Jackets to win. My confidence: medium. Here's what holds it back: Columbus played 2 days before this match, which gives Toronto the rest advantage.
After the game
LostTOR 6 – CBJ 2
The call on the Columbus Blue Jackets to win did not come through. Columbus struck first in the opening minutes, but Toronto answered on the power play and then pulled away, ripping off five straight goals spanning the first and second periods before Columbus finally got one back late in the third. Final read: Toronto Maple Leafs 6, Columbus Blue Jackets 2, in regulation. The posted odds sat at 1.67, and the better team's power play opened the door on this one.
Published Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 21, 2026
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