Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago Blackhawks Prediction, NHL Odds
The Canucks opened their current five-game road trip on Thursday with a 5-3 victory in Dallas but have yet to record consecutive wins so far in early-season action. The Blackhawks return home after skating to an 8-3 victory in St. Louis on Wednesday that extends that current win streak to two games.
The Canucks arrive in the Windy City perched as -145 favourites on Friday’s NHL odds. The Blackhawks trail as +118 underdogs and the total is pegged at 6.
Canucks vs. Blackhawks NHL Betting Odds
The Canucks have consistently filled the net during their win streak in Chicago, averaging 4.17 goals per game and have seen five of those victories come by a multi-goal margin. Overall, the Canucks have won by multiple goals nine times while winning 10 straight against the Blackhawks, but enter Friday’s action pegged as a lengthy +165 bet on the NHL puck line. Vancouver shooters have produced spotty results in the early going of the new season, scoring five times in each of their two wins to date, but potting just three total goals in losses to Edmonton and St. Louis. The Blackhawks turned in their highest scoring performance in almost four years in Wednesday’s victory and have now outscored opponents by an 11-4 margin during their two-game surge. However, the club has work to do to overcome a dismal 28-game stretch on home ice since they last tallied consecutive home victories, during which they recorded just nine wins.
Vancouver Canucks
The Canucks overcame an early 2-0 deficit with four unanswered goals in the second period to seal Thursday’s 5-3 win over the Stars. Quinn Hughes led the onslaught with a goal and an assist, both on the power play, and has now seen all three points he has recorded to date come on the road. Journeyman Kiefer Sherwood has emerged as the one of the team’s leaders in goals, joining Brock Boeser and Filip Chytil with three markers each through the first four games. Boeser has been a regular contributor when facing the Blackhawks, potting five goals and three assists in 11 appearances, and leads all Canucks shooters on the NHL player props as a +180 bet to tally a goal anytime on Friday.
Chicago Blackhawks
Lukas Reichel was not slowed down in his delayed start to the season. The German forward led the attack in Wednesday’s win over the Blues with two goals and an assist despite seeing just 13:11 of playing time. Connor Bedard’s playmaking skills were also on full display with three assists in the win. Bedard has also recorded 14 goals and 23 assists in 43 home appearances since the beginning of last season, and in addition to joining Brock Boeser as a +180 bet on the anytime goal scorer odds, he also sports attractive +115 odds to pick up at least one assist on Friday. With a new contract in hand, Frank Nazar has stormed out of the gate this season. Nazar joins Bedard and Teuvo Teravainen atop the team stats with six points, including a pair of multi-point performances, and has tallied six points in five home games since the beginning of April.
