Blackhawks at Golden Knights 12/10/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

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Last Updated: 12/09/2019 at 8:37 PM ET

The Chicago Blackhawks look to bounce back from a loss when they visit the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. Chicago fell to 12-12-6 and 30 points following its 4-3 loss in a shootout to the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday. Jonathan Toews scored one goal and assisted on two others in the loss, while Dominik Kubalik and Alex DeBrincat also scored for the Blackhawks.

Patrick Kane leads Chicago in goals scored with 14, in assists with 22 and in points with 36. Robin Lehner is 6-5-4 with goals against of 2.71 and saves percentage of .929. Chicago is scoring an average of 2.74 goals per game, while allowing an average of 2.97 per game.

Vegas looks to snap a two-game losing streak when hosting Chicago. The Golden Knights fell to 15-12-5 and 35 points following a 5-0 shutout loss to the New York Rangers. The Golden Knights could not put any of their 38 shots past Rangers goalie Alexandar Georgiev. Malcolm Subban stopped 20 shots in net for the Golden Knights.

Reilly Smith leads in goals scored for Vegas with 12, while William Karlsson is the assists leader with 17 and Max Pacioretty is the points leader with 26. Malcolm Subban is 4-5-3 with goals against per game of 3.04 and saves percentage of .901. Vegas is scoring an average of 2.86 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.89 per game.

Take the OVER in this matchup. The OVER has cashed in each of the last 4 between the Blackhawks and Golden Knights played in Vegas and in 7 of the last 8 meetings overall between the two. In addition, the OVER has cashed in 4 of the Golden Knights last 5 versus an opponent from the Central division and in 16 of Chicago’s last 25 versus an opponent from the Pacific division. Final Score Prediction, Vegas Golden Knights win but our best play is OVER 4-3

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