Capitals vs Blackhawks Odds, Picks and Predictions
Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals are playing each other on Wednesday night. Chicago won the last game 4-3 on December 2. The Blackhawks are a better team than their record suggests. Washington is a .500 team.
Washington opened at -150 on the ML for Wednesday’s road game with a total of 6 leaning to the Under. The Caps closed as -190 home favorites back on a December 6 meeting.
Capitals vs. Blackhawks is on 12/14/2021 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
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Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson and Garnet Hathaway are injured for the game against the Blackhawks.
Caleb Jones, Henrik Borgstrom and Jujhar Khaira are injured for the game against the Caps.
Capitals and Blackhawks have a head-to-head record of 5-4 SU, 35 goals for.
The Under is 5-1 in Blackhawks’ last six home games.
Capitals vs. Blackhawks is a game that we would put some of our bankroll behind.
Washington will be looking to avenge a 4-3 shootout loss to Chicago two weeks ago. The Capitals have been a .500 team over their last six games. They have gone 0 for 10 on the power play and have killed six of their nine penalties. Tom Wilson is also questionable with an upper-body injury. Marc-Andre Fleury is 9-6 SU in his last 15 starts. Chicago has played competitively in eight straight games and has ML wins at -140, +135, -172, and +132. Ilya Samsonov's 11-2 SU record could be regressing.
The last meeting ended with a total of 6. Chicago is 3-8-1 O/U at home this season and is averaging 2.20 goals for. They ran into a hot Toronto team that was missing two starting defensemen and playing their backup goalie last Saturday. Alex Ovechkin has just one goal in his last six games and zero power-play points over his recent seven games.
Chicago has been playing well recently and is a good bet on Wednesday. The team started the season on a nine-game losing streak. Since November 7, Chicago has a better point percentage than the Florida Panthers.
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