Stars vs Blue Jackets Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Nov 5, 2026)

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Dallas Stars logo

Stars9-6 · 7-8 ATS5th in the West
FINAL1 – 2
Columbus Blue Jackets logo

Blue Jackets6-7 · 5-8 ATS14th in the East

NHL · Thursday, November 5, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 OT SO T
Stars 0 0 1 0 0 1
Blue Jackets 0 0 1 0 1 2

How the bets settled

MoneylineBlue Jackets wonClosed at +105
SpreadBlue Jackets coveredBlue Jackets +1.5, by 2.5
TotalUnder 5.53 scored, 2.5 under

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Dallas Stars 2-1 in overtime on November 5. The game stayed scoreless through two periods, the teams traded third-period goals, and Columbus decided it in the extra period.

Zach Werenski led the Blue Jackets with a goal, Kent Johnson added an assist, while Mikko Rantanen scored for Dallas and Wyatt Johnston assisted. The team stats help explain the result: Columbus finished with a 30-28 shot edge and a 24-22 hit edge, while Dallas won 66.7 percent of faceoffs and had a 5-1 takeaway advantage but gave the puck away 26 times to Columbus’s 16. Both power plays finished scoreless.

For bettors, Columbus covered the 1.5-goal closing spread by 2.5, and the game went under the 5.5 closing total by 2.5.

How the props finished

8 of 12 cleared

Player Line Price Result
Kent Johnson Over 0.5 points +110 Hard Rock 1 Cleared
Arttu Hyry Over 1.5 shots on goal -105 ESPN BET 3 Cleared
Jason Robertson Over 2.5 shots on goal -150 DraftKings 3 Cleared
Mikko Rantanen Over 0.5 points -186 Kalshi 1 Cleared
Esa Lindell Over 1.5 blocks -188 William Hill 3 Cleared
Ivan Provorov Over 1.5 shots on goal +115 ESPN BET 2 Cleared
Charlie Coyle Over 0.5 points +100 Hard Rock 0 Missed
Zach Werenski Over 0.5 assists +100 Kalshi 0 Missed
Wyatt Johnston Over 0.5 assists +160 Hard Rock 1 Cleared
Valeri Nichushkin Over 0.5 points +138 Kalshi 0 Missed
Denton Mateychuk Over 1.5 shots on goal +125 ESPN BET 1 Missed
Adam Fantilli Over 2.5 shots on goal +105 DraftKings 5 Cleared

Each player’s top line by recent hit rate before the game, graded against the box score. These are research lines, not posted picks.

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Against the spread, start to finish

Blue JacketsStars
The score margin against the closing spread (Blue Jackets +1.5). Blue: Blue Jackets covering. Orange: Stars covering.
+0Largest DAL cover
0%DAL covering
+3.5Largest CBJ cover
100%CBJ covering

Top performers

Stars

  • GoalsMikko Rantanen1
  • AssistsWyatt Johnston1
  • PointsMikko Rantanen1

Blue Jackets

  • GoalsZach Werenski1
  • AssistsKent Johnson1
  • PointsZach Werenski1

Team stats

StarsBlue Jackets
28Shots30
66.7%Faceoffs won33.3%
0Power play goals0
22Hits24
18Blocked shots16
5Takeaways1
26Giveaways16
6Penalty minutes4

Box score

Dallas StarsColumbus Blue Jackets

Dallas Stars

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Jamie Benn LW 0 0 0 0 1 15:16 20 1 0 0 2 0 71.4
Colin Blackwell C 0 0 0 2 0 9:07 16 2 1 0 1 0 0.0
Radek Faksa C 0 0 0 0 0 11:50 19 1 2 0 1 0 85.7
Roope Hintz C 0 0 0 0 -1 17:49 22 1 0 0 1 0 85.7
Justin Hryckowian C 0 0 0 0 0 16:09 18 1 1 1 1 0 90.0
Arttu Hyry RW 0 0 0 3 -1 16:43 23 0 0 0 3 0 54.5
Wyatt Johnston C 0 1 0 2 1 19:15 24 2 1 0 0 0 40.0
Joel Kiviranta LW 0 0 0 0 0 12:28 17 2 0 0 1 0 0.0
David Perron LW 0 0 0 0 -1 11:41 18 3 1 1 1 0 0.0
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 0 0 1 1 19:13 25 1 0 0 2 0 0.0
Jason Robertson LW 0 0 0 3 0 20:30 25 2 0 1 3 2 0.0
Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 3 0 15:22 18 1 0 0 0 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Lian Bichsel D 0 0 0 2 -1 18:06 21 1 0 0 3 2 0.0
Thomas Harley D 0 0 0 5 1 28:31 28 0 3 2 2 0 0.0
Esa Lindell D 0 0 0 5 -1 26:05 22 0 3 0 2 0 0.0
Nils Lundkvist D 0 0 0 1 1 21:06 24 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 1 0 19:50 22 3 5 0 0 2 0.0
Trey Taylor D 0 0 0 0 0 9:59 16 1 1 0 1 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Casey DeSmith G 1 30 0 0 29 .967 26 3 0 65:00 0 0

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 1 0 23:09 22 3 1 0 1 0 35.7
Luca Del Bel Belluz C 0 0 0 0 -1 5:51 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 5 0 20:28 24 0 1 0 2 0 38.5
Conor Garland RW 0 0 0 1 0 15:24 23 3 0 0 1 0 0.0
Kent Johnson C 0 1 0 3 1 20:03 22 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Matthew Knies LW 0 1 0 1 1 19:18 23 3 0 0 3 0 0.0
Ryan Lomberg LW 0 0 0 2 -1 5:06 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sean Monahan C 0 0 0 1 1 18:24 26 0 1 0 0 0 38.1
Valeri Nichushkin RW 0 0 0 1 0 18:08 24 2 0 0 0 2 0.0
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 0 0 4 0 17:46 21 2 1 0 0 0 0.0
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 1 0 18:51 21 4 0 0 1 0 0.0
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 1 -1 5:41 8 3 0 0 0 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 1 0 11:16 12 0 3 0 1 0 0.0
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 0 0 12:23 14 3 1 0 0 0 0.0
Denton Mateychuk D 0 0 0 1 -1 22:19 29 0 1 0 1 0 0.0
Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 2 -1 25:43 32 0 1 1 2 2 0.0
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 0 1 21:49 24 0 5 0 0 0 0.0
Zach Werenski D 1 0 0 5 1 29:21 26 0 1 0 3 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Cam Talbot G 1 28 0 0 27 .964 25 0 2 65:00 0 0

Attendance 15,020 · Officials: Dan Kelly, Kyle Rehman, Pierre Lambert, Julien Fournier

Recap: Nichushkin, Johnson score in shootout to lift Blue Jackets past Stars 2-1 (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

StatsBench picks

No StatsBench pick posted for this game. Today’s posted picks are graded live.

Betting trends

  • Blue Jackets are 0-4 ATS as favorites in their last 10 games.

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Stars vs Blue Jackets pre-game preview

Dallas visits Columbus on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET. The moneyline has Dallas at -127 and Columbus at +112, with Columbus +1.5 on the spread and the total at 5.5.

The last meeting was Oct. 31, a 3-1 Dallas home win. Over the last seven head-to-heads Dallas is 4-3 straight up and 2-1 ATS with O/U 2-2. Dallas is 7-3 in its last 10 and 5-5 ATS, most recently winning 6-5 at Washington on Nov. 3. Columbus is 4-6 in its last 10 and 4-6 ATS, most recently winning 7-2 vs Colorado on Nov. 3.

The defensive profile favors Dallas: it allows 2.33 goals (rank 3), 22.47 shots on goal (rank 2) and 1 power-play point (rank 2), versus Columbus at 3.15 goals (rank 16), 27.08 shots on goal (rank 14) and 2.54 power-play points (rank 23). Pace ranks are low, Dallas 47.9 (rank 32) and Columbus 52.5 (rank 27). Columbus is without Elvis Merzlikins (IR, 4-6 months, shoulder), while Dallas lists Matt Duchene (IR, about three months, core surgery) and Miro Heiskanen (day-to-day). Mikko Rantanen over 0.5 points is -250 and has cleared in 8 of last 10; StatsBench projects 1.1.

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Records

Team Record ATS O/U Home Away
Stars 9-6 7-8 4-11 5-4 4-2
Blue Jackets 6-7 5-8 6-7 5-3 1-4

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Stars vs Blue Jackets head-to-head

Stars are 4-3, 2-1 ATS, O/U 2-2 in the last 7 meetings. Last time: Stars won 3-1 on October 31, 2026.

Date Venue Stars result ATS O/U
Oct 31, 26 Stars home W 3-1 W -1.5 U 5.5
Jan 22, 26 Blue Jackets home L 0-1 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 21, 25 Stars home L 1-5 – –
Feb 25, 25 Blue Jackets home L 4-6 – –
Feb 2, 25 Stars home W 5-3 – –
Nov 9, 23 Blue Jackets home W 5-2 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 30, 23 Stars home W 5-3 – O 5.5

Recent form

Dallas Stars: last 10 (7-3, 5-5 ATS, O/U 4-6)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Nov 3, 26 @ WSH W 6-5 W +1.5 O 5.5
Oct 31, 26 vs CBJ W 3-1 W -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 29, 26 vs MTL L 2-5 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 27, 26 vs NJ L 1-5 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 25, 26 vs NYI W 6-3 W -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 22, 26 vs WPG W 3-2 L -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 20, 26 vs BOS W 3-2 L -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 17, 26 @ CHI W 4-0 W -1.5 U 5.5
Oct 14, 26 @ COL W 3-2 W +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 13, 26 vs COL L 2-3 L -1.5 U 5.5

Columbus Blue Jackets: last 10 (4-6, 4-6 ATS, O/U 5-5)

Date Opponent Result ATS O/U
Nov 3, 26 vs COL W 7-2 W +1.5 O 6.5
Oct 31, 26 @ DAL L 1-3 L +1.5 U 5.5
Oct 29, 26 @ CAR L 2-3 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 27, 26 @ PHI W 4-3 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 24, 26 vs VGK W 2-1 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 20, 26 vs TOR L 2-6 L -1.5 O 6.5
Oct 18, 26 @ MIN L 1-2 W +1.5 U 6.5
Oct 17, 26 vs NYR W 1-0 L -1.5 U 6.5
Oct 13, 26 vs FLA L 3-7 L -1.5 O 5.5
Oct 10, 26 @ STL L 3-5 L +1.5 O 5.5

Injury report

No injuries listed for either team in our data as of 1:12 AM ET.

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Stars defense Blue Jackets defense
Goals allowed per game 2.33 (3rd of 32) 3.15 (17th of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 22.47 (2nd of 32) 27.08 (14th of 32)
Points allowed per game 6.53 (4th of 32) 8.92 (20th of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 1 (2nd of 32) 2.54 (23rd of 32)

Venue and weather

Nationwide Arena · Columbus, OHIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Stars vs Blue Jackets odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Blue Jackets spread +1.5 +1.5 –
Total 5.5 5.5 –
Stars moneyline -130 -125 -1% win chance
Blue Jackets moneyline +110 +105 +1.2% win chance

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Blue Jackets spread +1.5 → +1.5
Total 5.5 → 5.5
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