NHL Online Betting Blackhawks at Wild

Mar 04, 2008 | By Stan Leung | Picks Articles Archive

NHL Online Betting

Chicago Blackhawks (+165) at Minnesota Wild (-190)
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Under 5
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NHL Betting The Minnesota Wild are one of the most disciplined teams in the NHL; coached by Jacques Lemaire. The Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild will both be trying to pick up a win on Tuesday when they battle at Xcel Energy Center. They are a defense first team even though this year he has loosened the reigns a bit for offense. The Wild are in a playoff race and Jacques Lemaire will be tightening up the play so they will not take chances. That is a bad match up for the Blackhawks as they play a run and gun style of play. The Wild play a tight game of hockey and One-goal victories have been a major part of the Minnesota Wild's climb to the top of the Northwest Division as the Wild’s last seven wins have all come by one goal. This shows that they play tight and hard every night against team which mean they do not over scorer or let many goals; especially now they are fighting for playoff positions in the Northwest.

The Hawks have a number of injuries that will affect their style of play like David Bolland, Martin Havlat, Robert Lang, Yanic Perreault, Brent Sopel, Andrei Zyuzin and team goalie Nikolai Khabibulin who is out day to day with Back spasms. With so many players out of injuries the Hawks will have to tighten up their defense and their scoring will be affected.

Bottom Line: Chicago as Under is 19-7-5 in their last 31 vs. Northwest division teams and the Wild’s Under record is 7-3-7 in MIN last 17 Tuesday games. AS A NHL bettor all NHL trends point ot a low scoring affair. Sportsbook oddsmakers currently have the Wild listed as 190-moneyline favorites versus the Blackhawks and the Over/Under total at 5.

Take the Under at the Xcel Energy Center.

A few trends to consider:

The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chicago's last 5 games on the road
Chicago is 7-3 SU in its last 10 games
Chicago is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Chicago is 1-9 SU in its last 10 games when playing Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games
Minnesota is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Chicago
Minnesota is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Chicago

NHL Online Betting Blackhawks at Wild

NHL Online Betting

Take the Under at the Xcel Energy Center.

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