Total of the Month NHL 10*
(NHL) Washington vs. Columbus,
Total: 6.00 | -113.00 Over
Result: Loss
#53/54 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* OVER 6 Goals - Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wednesday at 7:07 PM ET - Great set-up for an over here.  Washington is coming off a 3-2 win in the shootout last night and the back to back is going to stress the goalie situation for the Capitals.  The Blue Jackets are a high-scoring team and the Capitals defense and netminding will be pushed to the limit here.  Columbus has seen 7 straight games total at least 7 goals.  The Blue Jackets have become a more wide-open free-flowing team and the goal-scoring has picked up as a result.  Columbus has played .500 hockey for many weeks now and won 7 of 14 games and averaged scoring 4 goals per game in those 14 games.  The issue for the Blue Jackets is that the goal-tending work has really tailed off of late.  Columbus has allowed at least 3 goals in 7 of last 8 games.  The Capitals also have a goal-tending concern here as their option would be Kuemper playing a 2nd straight game in a B2B which would not be good.  The Caps other option (and the expected option) is that Lindgen will get the start tonight.  He has allowed at least 3 goals in 6 of his last 8 games.  In those 6 games, Lindgren allowed an average of 3.5 goals.  The goals should be flying here as the Caps are facing a high-scoring Jackets team that is surging right now but, at the same time, Washington's confidence is surging with B2B wins and victories in 4 of last 6 games.  Based on the above, we can't see either team finishing with less than 3 goals in this one given the above and this would translate to at least a 4-3 final.  Over is our play here