Kraken vs Blackhawks 4/7/22 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
Seattle Kraken vs. Chicago Blackhawks
NHL: 8:30 PM EST
Apr. 07, 2022
TV: NA
Latest Odds : CHI -150 ; Total 6
The Seattle Kraken will travel to the state of Illinois to face off against the original six Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday for a scheduled puck drop time of 8:30 PM Eastern. This game will be available on ESPN plus. The Chicago Blackhawks come into this game with a record on the season of 24–35–11, have not been mathematically eliminated from the NHL playoffs however is safe to say are finished. Playing for nothing but pride, Chicago has lost their last five consecutive games against Arizona, Tampa Bay, Florida, Buffalo, and against Vegas by the score of 5–4.
Seattle comes into this game with a record on the season of 22–41–6, and have lost three out of the last five games coming against Vegas twice, and on the road against the Los Angeles Kings by the score of 4–2. The only two victories for Seattle came again on the road against Los Angeles by the score of 6-1, and against the Dallas Stars by the score 4 – 1.
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Patrick Kane is the team leader for the Chicago Blackhawks in points with 80, to go along with 22 goals and the team lead in assists with 58, 20 of those assists came on the power play. Alex DeBrincat is the team leader for Chicago and goals with 39, 14 of those came on the power play on 227 shots on goal this season.
Jared McCann is the team leader for Seattle in points with 40, McCann is also the team leader in goals for Seattle with 25 on the season, eight of those goals came on the power play on 162 shots on goal this season. Yanni Gourde is the team leader for Seattle in assists with 23, four of which came on the power play.
Recent Betting Trends:
The Kraken are 10-21-3 on the road.
The Kraken are 38-26-5 O/U.
The Blackhawks are 11-17-6 at home.
The Blackhawks are 34-29-7 O/U.
Free Betting Pick: Chicago Blackhawks -150
Seattle will be playing without Jaden Schwartz and Hayden Fleury in this matchup, Chicago has no injured players. Seattle is giving up 3.49 goals per game on average to their opponents while Chicago is giving up 3.50. Chicago is going 2.63 goals per game on average while Seattle is going 2.61. Neither goalie in this matchup will have a goals against average under three which is why the safe bet should be the over. Final Score Prediction: Chicago Blackhawks win 5–4.