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2026-27 forecast · Sun, Jan 24, 5:00 PM ET
Lukas Dostal · 0.888 SV%
The preseason ratings make Columbus Blue Jackets 56.9% to win at home: a modest lean, worth 6.9 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project CBJ for 96 points and ANA for 94.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
PuckCast's preseason forecast gives Columbus Blue Jackets a 56.9% chance to win on Sun, Jan 24. The matchup detail follows.
CBJ controlled play at 5v5 last season, 46.6% of the expected goals to 44.2%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Jet Greaves (CBJ) saved -3.5 goals above expected to Lukas Dostal's -32.8, on save percentages of 0.908 and 0.888.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Columbus Blue Jackets over Anaheim Ducks is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
ANA
Lukas Dostal
56 games, 2025-26
CBJ
Jet Greaves
55 games, 2025-26
| ANA | Metric | CBJ |
|---|---|---|
| 44.2% | xGF% (5v5) | 46.6% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | L | 34 | 29 | 63 |
 Leo Carlsson | C | 25 | 34 | 60 |
 Beckett Sennecke | R | 21 | 34 | 55 |
 Troy Terry | R | 19 | 33 | 51 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zach Werenski | D | 18 | 49 | 67 |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Ducks | 94 | 53.3% |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 96 | 47.6% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
Final scores from the graded ledger. A loss in overtime also reads L.
Last three seasons: CBJ 2, ANA 4
| Date | Game | Final | Our pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-20 | CBJ @ ANA | CBJ 3, ANA 4 | ANA hit |
| 2025-12-16 | ANA @ CBJ | ANA 3, CBJ 4 | CBJ hit |
| 2024-12-14 | ANA @ CBJ | ANA 4, CBJ 3 | CBJ missed |
| 2024-11-10 | CBJ @ ANA | CBJ 2, ANA 4 | CBJ missed |
| 2024-02-21 | CBJ @ ANA | CBJ 7, ANA 4 | ANA missed |
| 2023-10-24 | ANA @ CBJ | ANA 3, CBJ 2 | CBJ missed |
 Matthew Knies | L | 24 | 37 | 61 |
|---|
 Adam Fantilli | C | 26 | 31 | 56 |
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 Sean Monahan | C | 18 | 28 | 45 |
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