NHL Hockey Betting Odds: Phoenix Coyotes at Chicago Blackhawks
Monday, December 05, 2011
Frank Martin
With the way the Chicago Blackhawks have been scoring lately, any defense they play at all gives them a chance to win. The Blackhawks have posted at least four goals in seven of their last eight wins to climb back into first place in the Central Division.
Chicago has three power-play goals over its last two games and is coming off a 5-2 triumph at St. Louis. Marian Hossa scored shorthanded and on the man-advantage in that contest, snapping a six-game goalless drought and joining teammates Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp in double figures.
Attempting to slow Hossa and company at the United Center on Monday will be the visiting Phoenix Coyotes. One of the few teams to have stopped the Blackhawks recently, the Coyotes earned a 4-1 win at Chicago on Tuesday but have lost their two games since.
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Phoenix Coyotes
@ Chicago Blackhawks
When:
8:00 PM ET, Monday, December 5, 2011
Where:
United Center, Chicago, Illinois
TV:
8 p.m. ET, Versus, TSN
The Blackhawks have opened as 155-moneyline favorites on SBG Global Sportsbook’s Live NHL Hockey Odds.
Phoenix Coyotes (13-9-3): Phoenix has gone 0-for-6 on the power play over its last two games, managing a total of two tallies in losses to the Winnipeg Jets and Philadelphia Flyers. After allowing a total of two goals on the penalty kill in November, the Coyotes got beat twice in the 4-2 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday. Ray Whitney has been a bright spot for the team, totaling three points in the win over Chicago last week and collecting five in his last four games.
Chicago Blackhawks (16-8-3): The Phoenix loss is the only setback for the for Chicago over its last five games. The Blackhawks have averaged less than two goals in their last six losses but have only won once - a 2-1 win at Los Angeles on Nov. 26 - when scoring less than four goals since Nov. 3. Top goaltender Corey Crawford has struggled lately, allowing an average of 3.5 goals in his last four starts.
1.
Phoenix goaltender Mike Smith, who
nearly shut out Chicago, was pulled after allowing four goals in the first
period Saturday.
2. Sharp has 14 points - six goals - in his last 11 games.
3. Crawford
is 3-1-1 with a 2.44 goals against average in his career against Phoenix.
NHL PREDICTION: Blackhawks 4, Coyotes 2
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