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NHL: Canucks Face Nervous Game 7 Against Blackhawks

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Vancouver Canucks led 3-0 but saw that lead pared back to 3-1, then 3-2, before the Blackhawks tied the series at 3-3. Now with a crucial Game 7 in Vancouver tonight, Al Dannity wonders if the Canucks can finally close the deal at the fourth time of asking. Momentum means something but not everything...

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NHL: It’s Finally Playoff Time

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

While the regular season provided plenty of drama right up to the end, the real business of the NHL calendar kicks off tonight. The first set of first round playoff games get under way, with some huge match-ups to whet the appetite. Early highlights Phoenix and Detroit duelled in a seven game slugfest in last...

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NHL: Blackhawks and Canucks Ready to Dance Again

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks have beaten the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of the last two seasons. Al Dannity says the Canucks will be favored to prove third time is the charm when these teams meet in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. A perfect match-up The NHL really couldn’t...

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Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues Preview, Score & Results

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Frank Doyle has previews and predictions for all of the NHL playoffs’ opening-round series. This time he breaks down the Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues. Check out all of Sports Interaction’s NHL Stanley Cup odds here.  Odds: Chicago Blackhawks -139, St. Louis Blues -100 Chicago Blackhawks: The reigning Stanley Cup champions suffer two major...

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Chicago Blackhawks – Minnesota Wild Preview, Pick, Scores, Results

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Minnesota Wild look to avenge last season’s playoff loss to the Chicago Blackhawks starting with Game 1 tonight. Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild Opening odds: Chicago Blackhawks -335, Minnesota Wild +264 Odds move: Blackhawks -345, Wild +275 (May 2) Chicago Blackhawks: The Blackhawks looked to be in trouble after losing their first two games...

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Blackhawks Win Shootout But Lose Patrick Kane

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks won in a shootout against the Florida Panthers, 3-2, but may ultimately lose in the long run. Patrick Kane sustained an upper-body injury during the game that may sideline him for as long as 10 weeks, well into the 2015 playoffs. Kane, the current co-leader in goals scored in the league this...

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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville Predators Preview, Scores and Results

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators are set to face off in the first round of the NHL Playoffs on Wednesday and neither team are strangers to the postseason. Chicago has won two Stanley Cup Championships in the last five years, while the Predators have qualified for the postseason four times in the last six...

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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota Wild Preview, Scores and Predictions

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks will take on the Minnesota Wild in round two of the NHL Playoffs. Chicago eliminated Minnesota in last year’s playoffs, but the two teams are hardly the same as they were just a year ago. Minnesota heads into the series with more experience and a significant upgrade in net, with Devan Dubnyk...

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Blackhawks New Favorites to Win Stanley Cup

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks are making a run up the Stanley Cup futures board. Heading into the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the New York Rangers were the favorite to hoist Lord Stanley when the dust settled, but halfway through their second round series with the Washington Capitals, they have found themselves the +1900 underdogs. The regular...

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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Anaheim Ducks: Odds, Scores and Predictions

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

Western Conference teams have had the advantage over the East since the start of the 2005-06 season. Will the West’s decade of dominance continue? If you were hoping for a star-studded, offensively powered match up in the Western Conference Finals in the NHL Playoffs, you got it. The can’t-really-call-them-underdogs -103 Anaheim Ducks will face the...

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Bolts Unsure If Bishop Can Go, Vasilevskiy Could Get Nod

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Tampa Bay Lightning managed to even the series with the with the Chicago Blackhawks 1-1 in the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday, but not without leaving some viewers scratching their heads about the state of Bolts goaltender Ben Bishop. Bishop left game 2 in the third period with an undisclosed ailment which gave rookie...

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Does 2015 Stanley Cup Make Chicago Blackhawks a Dynasty?

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks are Stanley Cup Champions once again, and are already odds favorites to win it again next year. Many are calling them a dynasty team, but can they live up to that title? This is the Blackhawk’s third time winning the Cup since 2010, and they did it in a game 6, 2-0...

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Predators vs. Blackhawks: Stanley Cup Playoffs Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 12, 2017

The Chicago Blackhawks are unquestionably the team of the decade as they have won three Stanley Cups, including each of the past two odd-numbered year playoffs. That could bode well in 2017 as the Hawks start their quest for another Cup on Thursday when they face Nashville, which has never advanced past the conference semifinals...

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Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues Odds – 2016 NHL Playoffs

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: April 12, 2016

This is familiar territory for these two teams, who are facing each other in a repeat of the 2014 playoffs, when the Blues got off to a great start, winning the first two games only to drop four in a row to the Blackhawks. The Blues are coming into this series with a lot to...

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Puck Luck: Thursday's Best NHL Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 14, 2013

Puck Luck is a daily picks piece breaking down the best NHL bets going. Phoenix Coyotes at Chicago Blackhawks (-195, 5.5) The Blackhawks have avoided the dreaded Stanley Cup hangover, losing just twice in regulation this season. That’s impressive. What’s also impressive is that the Coyotes have won six straight games in Chicago and still...

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Andrew Shaw’s Stanley Cup stiches net $6,500 for cancer

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: August 26, 2013

When the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Boston Bruins in Game 6 and won the Stanley Cup, no player’s face told the champions’ story better than Andrew Shaw’s. The grinder took a Shawn Thornton shot off the right side of his face early in that game, but returned to the ice shortly with two sets of...

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Raffi Torres Faces Suspension After Hit on Jarrett Stoll

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 16, 2013

As the San Jose forward faces disciplinary action for his hit on Jarret Stoll, Mike Schultz wonders if Raffi Torres is a old-school goon or just a rock-’em, sock-’em hockey player in an era when rocking and socking is no longer acceptable in the NHL. Hockey’s concern about injuries isn’t as extreme as football’s, but...

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NHL West Playoff Preview: Ready for Battle

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 30, 2013

It’s been known for awhile which Western Conference teams will face each other when the playoffs begin. Most of the top-seeded teams are expected to win, but expectations and production can change suddenly as games and series grind on in the NHL playoffs; that’s why the Stanley Cup is regarded as one of the toughest...

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Rumour Mill In Overdrive as NHL Trade Deadline Approaches

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 1, 2013

Let’s get this out of the way first: because this story was posted after noon on Monday, this is not an April Fools prank. There is also no joking around when it comes to discussing the National Hockey League trade deadline at 3 PM Eastern time on Wednesday, April 3. Between now and then, all...

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Central Division Preview: Blues Predicted to Repeat

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: January 17, 2013

Four of the five teams in the Central Division tallied at least 100 points last season, and their quality means that they all have a good shot of making the playoffs again. Other than St. Louis, though, all of these teams have some significant questions to answer. NHL props NHL futures Chicago Blackhawks They broke...