Blackhawks at Red Wings 2/17/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Chicago comes to the game here looking for their third straight win. The last game the Blackhawks were able to take down the Red Wings by a 3-2 score and looked impressive in how the Chicago team played the game to pick up the overtime win. The win did push Chicago to an 8-5-4 record overall on the year so far.

The Blackhawks offense is coming in with 2.76 goals per game being scored. The power play for the Chicago is converting at 29.7% on the year. The defense for Chicago has allowed only 2.71 goals per game on average, but the penalty kill needs to get some work done with only 70.3% of the opponents power plays being killed off.

Detroit comes to this game with quite a few losses on the year. The last game the Red Wings did look competitive in the game and only lost in overtime to the Chicago team. With the loss, though, the Red Wings still sit in last place with a 4-10-3 record overall on the season so far.

Scoring on the season for Detroit has been done to the tune of only 2.06 goals per game and the power play is dismal converting at only 7.5% of the time. Defensively the Red Wings have allowed a total of 3.18 goals per game so far. The penalty kill for Detroit is oddly playing really well with 92.5% of the power plays killed off.