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Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets Preview & Picks – Maple Leafs’ Travel Sickness To Continue In NHL

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29 Oct 2025
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Leigh Copson 29 Oct 2025
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  • Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets picks for Wednesday, October 29
  • Game is taking place at Nationwide Arena
  • Preview, predictions, stats & form
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    Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets Preview & Picks
  • Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets Preview & Picks
  • Head To Head
  • Toronto Maple Leafs Form
  • Columbus Blue Jackets Form

Toronto Maple Leafs at Columbus Blue Jackets Preview & Picks

Columbus are tipped to continue their good recent form with a home win.

Both teams are playing on the end of a back-to-back, giving the advantage to the Blue Jackets, and they have been in solid form recently while Toronto are yet to win on the road.

  • Columbus Blue Jackets are 4-1 in their last 5 games
  • Toronto Maple Leafs are 0-2 on the road this season
  • Columbus Blue Jackets are 5-3 in the previous 8 meetings
  • All 4 of Columbus’ previous home games have produced 6 goals or less

Head To Head

  • Columbus Blue Jackets lead the all-time series 24-22-1
  • Toronto Maple Leafs won 5-0 when the two teams last met on April 5

Toronto Maple Leafs Form

Toronto head out on the road having won back-to-back games to improve their record to 5-4-1.

The Maple Leafs opened the season with a 5-2 victory over Montreal, only to then lose back-to-back meetings with Detroit, 6-3 on the road and 3-2 at home.

They rallied to beat Nashville 7-4 and the New York Rangers 2-1 in overtime, but they went cold with three straight defeats after that.

Toronto lost 4-3 in overtime to Seattle, before falling 5-2 to New Jersey and 5-3 on the road in Buffalo.

The Maple Leafs avenged that loss to the Sabres with a 4-3 overtime win at home, and they backed that up last night by beating Calgary 4-3.

Columbus Blue Jackets Form

Columbus also come into this game having won back-to-back matchups, improving their record to 5-4.

The Blue Jackets lost their season-opener in Nashville, 2-1, but they bounced back at Minnesota with a 7-4 victory over the Wild.

They failed to follow that up as they lost back-to-back home games, 3-2 to New Jersey and 4-1 to Colorado, but they did snap that skid at home by beating Tampa Bay 3-2.

Columbus made it back-to-back wins with a 5-1 victory in Dallas, only to then lose 5-1 when they returned home to face Washington.

The Blue Jackets have not lost since though, following up a 5-4 shootout win in Pittsburgh with a 4-3 overtime success in Buffalo.

Verdict

Columbus have enjoyed some good form over the past several days and the have home advantage for this one.

We expect that to give them the edge as both teams play for the second night running.

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Best Bet2: Under 6.5 Total Goals @-111.11 at Stake.us - 2 Units
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