Short match review

In the next round of the new season of "Ice Hockey. NHL. Regular Season", there will be a showdown between the teams Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets. The stadium for the match will be Пи-Пи-Джи Пэйнтс Арена - 26 October 2025 year.

The last match with the "Питтсбург Пингвинз - Коламбус Блю Джекетс" banner took place год назад and the home team of today celebrated victory.
The club Columbus Blue Jackets failed in defense, allowing the opponent to secure a convincing victory.
Recently, the teams have played against each other 2 times. The Columbus Blue Jackets club lost all of those matches to Pittsburgh Penguins. This leads to some conclusions being made.

Let's try to understand and analyze which team is stronger.

Pittsburgh Penguins: It is in fourteenth place in the standings out of 16. The team is in not their best form.
The team has had issues with finishing in recent matches, while defensive mistakes persist. Let's review the performance in the recent matches:
Last time 11 месяцев назад the team played an away match against the club Нью-Йорк Айлендерс. The match featured шайбами. Both teams played without looking back at their own goals, resulting in a total of 7 goals scored and a loss for Питтсбург Пингвинс. Before this 11 месяцев назад the team played a home match against the club Монреаль Канадиенс. The match was not boring, as the total goals exceeded 3.5, and each of the teams managed to score. However, the home team clearly demonstrated superiority.

Columbus Blue Jackets: Occupies twelfth place in the standings out of 16. The team is in unconvincing form.
The club fails to maintain a balance between defense and attack, which is why they concede quite a lot. Some data on the latest games:
The last time The team played an away match against the club from the city of Сан-Хосе - Сан-Хосе Шаркс 11 месяцев назад. The team Коламбус Блю Джекетс failed to secure an away victory. The score was 2:1 which marked a defeat with a minimal goal difference. Before this the team Коламбус Блю Джекетс played an away match against the club Вашингтон Кэпиталс. The team can only hope that this game was an exception, as such a crushing defeat was clearly unexpected here..