The Nashville Predators and the Chicago Blackhawks will both be gunning for a victory on Friday when they meet at United Center.
Oddsmakers currently have the Blackhawks listed as 240-moneyline favorites versus the Predators, while the game’s total is sitting at 5.
Martin Erat potted the shootout winner to give the Predators a 2-1 victory over the Blues in their regular season finale on Saturday. The Predators won that game as -160 favorites, while the teams played UNDER the posted over/under (5.5).
Jason Arnott scored for the Predators in regulation, and Pekka Rinne made 33 saves for the win.
The Blackhawks lost to Detroit 3-2 in overtime as a -190 favorite on Sunday. The five goals scored fell UNDER the posted over/under total (5.5).
Dave Bolland and Colin Fraser scored for Chicago, while Antti Niemi made 18 saves.
Team records:
Nashville: 47-29-6
Chicago: 52-22-8
Nashville most recently:
When playing on Friday are 6-4
Before playing Minnesota are 8-2
After playing St. Louis are 8-2
After a win are 6-4
Chicago most recently:
When playing on Friday are 5-5
Before playing Edmonton are 5-5
After playing Detroit are 5-5
After a loss are 6-4
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nashville’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Chicago
Nashville is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Nashville’s last 12 games
Nashville is 11-4 SU in its last 15 games
Chicago is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chicago’s last 7 games when playing at home against Nashville
Chicago is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Nashville
Chicago is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing Nashville
Next up:
Chicago at Nashville, Sunday, April 18
