Avalanche at Blackhawks NHL Betting Lines
Central Division showdown on Thursday night
Avalanche at Blackhawks NHL Betting Lines
It’s another busy Thursday night in the National Hockey League with a dozen games on deck, with one of the highlight matchups of the night being a Central Division battle on National Television as the Chicago Blackhawks host the Colorado Avalanche. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors for this solid Central Division showdown between the Avalanche at Blackhawks NHL Betting Lines matchup preview for Tuesday night in Denver.
Avalanche vs Blackhawks 
Records: Colorado Avalanche (36-19-5, 77 points) at Chicago Blackhawks (15-39-5, 35 points)
Location: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Streaming: ESPN/Live Sports Stream
Avs Continuing to Climb
The Colorado Avalanche have some good momentum on their side heading into the West Side of Chicago on Thursday to take on the Blackhawks. Tuesday night, the Avs beat their division rivals, the Dallas Stars by a score of 5-1. Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen scored his 31st goal of the year, giving him four goals in just his last two games. He also added an assist on Artturi Lehktonen’s ninth tally of the year, a power-play goal later in the second period to conclude the scoring in that contest. Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev made 33 saves on 34 shots faced to earn his 31st victory of the season. In net, we could see backup Justus Annunen for Thursday night’s NHL Lines contest. The 23-year old rookie is 1-2-1 with a 3.50 goals-against average in four starts this season.
Hawks Lying in Wait
The Chicago Blackhawks are firmly entrenched in their second straight season where they are tanking in hopes of getting the number one overall pick in this year’s NHL Draft for the second consecutive Summer. Last year, they picked Connor Bedard, who despite missing over a month of action with a broken jaw, leads this club in points with 40 and is tied for the lead in goals with 17 along with forward Jason Dickinson.
Chicago has lost seven of their last eight games at home and 20 of their last 24 contests overall. Against Colorado, the numbers haven’t fared better, with the Avalanche winning seven of the last ten meetings, despite Chicago picking up a 3-2 victory in their last meeting back on December 19th at the United Center. Blackhawks fans witnessed the return of superstar Patrick Kane on Sunday, who played with the organization for 17 years, winning three Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe Trophy, and a Hart Trophy as League MVP along with becoming the first ever American-born player to win the Art Ross Trophy for Most Points scored in a season all while in a Hawks uniform.
Nowadays, he parades around in a Detroit Red Wings uniform, and it was #88 who scored the game-winner in Overtime for the 3-2 win on a night when former Blackhawks and Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios had his #7 raised to the United Center rafters, a dying wish made at the request of late owner Rocky Wirtz.
Avalanche at Blackhawks Betting Odds
Sportsbooks have the visiting Colorado Avalanche betting odds to win as very large favorites against the hosing Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night priced in the range around -285 to -300. Colorado has lost six of their last ten games overall, while Chicago has lost seven of their last eight games at home and 20 of their last 24 games overall. The season series is split at one game each, with Chicago winning 3-2 back on December 19th and Colorado picking up a 4-0 home win way back on October 19th.
Concluding the Avalanche at Blackhawks NHL Betting Lines Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6 goals shaded to the Over between the pick’em price range of -105 and -115. Colorado has been on an Over run in 12 of their last 18 contests overall, including 9-2 in their last eleven road games. Chicago has trouble finding consistent scoring, and it shows in their recent games, with the Under cashing in five of their last six contests overall. Head-to-head, the Under has cashed in four of their last five meetings.
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