Weekend Clash Between Chicago Blackhawks And Detroit Red Wings
This weekend, the Detroit Redwings will battle against the Chicago Blackhawks. They should have a great matchup as these two teams are both near the top of the NHL in several statistical categories.
For this matchup NHL Odds have not yet been posted.
By achieving a record of 28-12-6 to this point in this season, the Redwings have enjoyed an excellent season. It looks like everything is working for them as they have a comfortable lead atop the Central Division.
Even though the Blackhawks are still in 3rd place in the Central Division, they have had a solid season. They are 8 points behind the Red Wings in the standings as well as they are 25-18-4 on the season.
While the Red Wings are averaging 3.4 goals per game and are 2nd in the NHL in that category, both of these teams have great offensive attacks. At 3.1 goals per game, the Blackhawks are 5th in the NHL.
Blackhawks’ power play offense has been the secret to their success. In the NHL they have the best power play percentage. As the Blackhawks know how to capitalize when their opponents are a man down, the Red Wings need to keep all of their players in the game. The Blackhawks are just the 27th best team in the NHL in terms of penalty kill percentage, which is considered t be one of their weakness. In this game the Red Wings may be able to exploit that weakness.
As the Blackhawks would step closer to the Red Wings in the standings with a win, they could really use a victory here. Between two great teams, this should be an excellent battle.
Detroit Red Wings Will Clash With Chicago Blackhawks On Friday
This Friday night the Detroit Red Wings will battle against the Blackhawks in Chicago. Both these teams are the Central Division rivals, and members of the “original six.” Even though the Chicago Blackhawks are creeping back into the picture with 35pts which is just 6 behind the Red Wings, the Red Wings lead the spirited Central Division by 5pts over Nashville at present.
For this matchup NHL Betting Odds are not yet available.
By losing 4 of their last 6, including a 5-0 pasting at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings at home Monday night, the Red Wings have struggled in recent times. As the Wings do not continue to lose ground in the Central Division race they will certainly be looking to right the ship on Friday.
The Chicago Blackhawks are struggling a little bit too much like the Red Wings. The Hawks will try to earn as many valuable division points as possible in this match up as they have dropped 3 of their last 5 games, and 2 in a row. The Blackhawks will have to actually focus to earn the two points that a win would give them in this game as they have already played 3 more games than the Red Wings.
This should be an exciting hockey game as both teams are high scoring and fast skating squads. Even as the Blackhawks sit at 8th place on the whole averaging 3.1 goals per competition, the Red Wings have dropped to 3rd in the league with a 3.3 goals for each game average. This Friday night, with these two balanced offensive attacks the goals should come in bunches.
Phoenix Coyotes at Chicago Blackhawks – NHL Hockey Preview
The Chicago Blackhawks look to bounce back from a disappointing loss as they face a Phoenix Coyotes team that is tearing up their opposition.
The Coyotes are in excellent position to claim a playoff spot and are slowly creeping up on the elite teams in the West. They have lost just two of the last ten and are on a five-game win streak.
Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov is at the top of his game and is helping Phoenix get those wins. Bryz is among the best goalies in the league with a 2.29 GAA and a save percentage of .920.
On the offensive side of the rink, Shane Doan is on a tear. He has 15 points in the last nine games and leads by example at both ends of the ice.
Doan was blanked in their 1-0 shootout victory over Nashville. Adrian Aucoin was the unlikely hero in the 10th round of the shootout.
Phoenix is playing really solid hockey right now and the Nashville win is a perfect illustration of that. It was a boring game to watch, but Phoenix didn’t open it up and were able to keep the crowd out of it and pick up the ugly win.
Against Chicago, Phoenix will likely try the same game-plan, but Chicago has a lot more weapons than Nashville.
Chicago came back from their season-long eight-game road trip with a 5-3 record. They then promptly dropped their first game at home 3-2 to Saint Louis.
Hawks coach Jim Quenneville felt that their turnovers handed the game to the Blues. “A lot of their goals we generated via turnovers,” he said. “A lot of our puck possession game led to their offense.”
The Hawks will come in to this game much more focused than against St Louis and should have a much stronger defensive game.
The Hawks are listed as -225 NHL odds favorites over the Coyotes +195. The over/under is 5.5 which seems a little high given both team’s strong defensive play.
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