The Chicago Blackhawks are on the brink of elimination as they visit the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of their first-round series Thursday.
The Blues are big -900 favorites (bet $900 to win $100) to advance to the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and -130 favorites to win Game 5 at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark after taking a commanding 3-1 series lead Tuesday with a 4-3 victory.
St. Louis has won five of the past six meetings with Chicago and saw the over cash for the first time in seven games between them in Game 4, according to the OddsShark NHL Database, thanks to a pair of goals from All-Star winger Vladimir Tarasenko.
The Blackhawks led for a little more than four minutes in the second period after defenseman Duncan Keith scored on a strange power play that resulted from Blues rookie Robby Fabbri getting into a fight with goaltender Corey Crawford.
The home team seemed to grab some momentum for the first time in the game before Tarasenko evened the score with his second goal on the power play before the end of the period.
St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott was again stellar between the pipes and looks to be the ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NHL
Article written by OddsShark.com
NHL Betting Preview: Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues Game 5 Odds
April 20th, 2016 by OddsShark.com Leave a reply »
Advertisement