The Columbus Blue Jackets (3-2-3) and Chicago Blackhawks (2-3-3) Drop the puck in the front half of a weekend with two games on Friday night. The Jackets and ‘Hawks will begin at the United Center at 8 p.m. ET. Below we analyze the Blue Jackets-Blackhawks NHL odds and linesWith Tips and predictions.
Blue jackets at Blackhawks: odds, spread and lines
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- Money line: Blue Jackets -125 (Bet $ 125 to Win $ 100) | Blackhawks +105 (bet $ 100 to win $ 105)
- Against the spread / ATS: Blue jackets -1.5 (+200) | Blackhawks +1.5 (-250)
- Over under: 5.5 (O: -120 | U: +100)
Blue Jackets at Blackhawks: Projected Starting Goalkeepers
Lankinen has the hot hand in a three-goalie competition for Chicago, although G. Malcolm Subban was solid with an overtime loss at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. Lankinen has a Glitzy SV% of 0.944 in uniform strength play, and he was keen against front door shots and second chance ricochets.
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Blue Jackets at Blackhawks: odds, lines, predictions and tips
forecast
Chicago 3, Columbus 2
Money line (ML)
Puck possession and shot analysis make the Blackhawks a better unit in their own zone this season. That’s shortly after coughing up most of the shots in the league last year, so that doesn’t mean the Hawks are suddenly a top third group.
C. Jonathan Toews (not disclosed (, F. Kirby roof (Wrist) and W. Alex Debrincat (COVID-19 protocol) are not on the line-up and that fact was shown in Chicago, scoring only two equal strength goals and 40 even strength shots in two games in Nashville. The expected goals percentages for the Blackhawks are impressive and they are going to be decent.
These two teams have played similar schedules so far in 2021. The transitive results favor Chicago’s efforts in these games. Columbus played a home game on Thursday and the Jackets are 1-2-1 in four street games. In last year’s shortened season (0-3-4 in the last seven street games) they fought down the home track on the street.
There’s solid value in that BLACKHAWKS (+105).
Against the spread (ATS)
Three of the last five games in Chicago were one-goal games. Five of Columbus’ last six fit that calculation.
DELETE STEERING a puck line filled with juice.
Over under (O / U)
TAKE UNDER 5.5 (+100). Peg this matchup with some respect for the goalkeeper (albeit in a small sample for the end of Chicago).
With the jackets in the back half of two in two days and the hawks showing a tendency to slow pace lately, the +100 forecast is worth projecting a 3-2 or 4-1 result.
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