NHL Betting Free Picks: Vancouver @ Chicago
Added on May 10, 2010 by Jack Thurman in
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Sportsbooks only offering one NHL betting opportunity for Sunday, but we’ll gladly take a position in Game 5 between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks. Canucks shocked the Blackhawks at home in Game 1 and since then its been all Chicago. They’ve won three straight and can eliminate Vancouver with a victory here and end sports betting for canucks fans.
Vancouver Canucks at Chicago Blackhawks
May 9, 5:05 PM Pacific
The home team with a 3-1 lead in NHL best of 7 series is a 68% winner in game 5, but we’re not keen on laying such a big price to back the Blackhawks. Instead we’ll take a look at the total, which is a better value and should work regardless of which team emerges victorious. The Canucks have been tempting fate all season, playing sloppy defense in front of Roberto Luongo and expecting him to take up the slack. It’s coming back to haunt them now, and the Blackhawks have ripped the Canucks for 16 goals in the last three games. The big question mark heading into this series was the Blackhawks’ goaltending, but with the Canucks defense that’s become a non-factor. Chicago has been able to put a lot of points on the board, and this keeps pressure off their netminder.
So one of two things will happen here: either Chicago will once again shred the Vancouver defense en route to a series clinching victory, or Vancouver will outscore Chicago and live to fight another day. The Canucks simply don’t have the personnel to shut down Chicago’s offense, and particularly on the Blackhawks home ice. Either way, it’ll be a high scoring game and should make for an easy Over. Chicago has gone six straight without an Under (5-0-1 to the OV) and Vancouver has gone eight straight without going Under (7-0-1 OV). The games in the series so far have had totals of 11,7, 6 and 6 and 11 of the last 17 meetings between the teams have exceeded the total.
Bet Chicago/Vancouver Over 6 -115
