Golden Knights vs Blackhawks Picks and Prediction – 1/19/2025

The Vegas Golden Knights go on the road Saturday night with a game in Chicago, Illinois against the Chicago Blackhawks. For other NHL news see our NHL Picks. Vegas has been good this season with 29 wins through 44 games played on a one game losing streak following their 5-3 loss against the Nashville Predators. Offensively Vegas has been above average scoring 3.41 goals on 30.7 shots per game. Defensively the Golden Knights have been good allowing 2.68 goals on 27.0 shots per game. Jack Eichel leads the way for the Vegas offense with 54 points and 43 assists this season. Pavel Dorofeyev also leads the team with 19 goals on 130 shots. Adin Hill has been the top goalie for Vegas this season with 18 wins and 25 outings carrying a .904 save percentage. Vegas is playing in back-to-back games in this matchup.

The Chicago Blackhawks stay at home Saturday night with a 14-31 record on the year. Chicago has been below average offensively with just 2.55 goals on 25.1 shots. Defensively the Blackhawks have been below average allowing 3.46 goals on 30.5 shots and gave up three goals in their recent 3-2 shoot out loss against the Nashville Predators. Arvid Soderblom was in the net for the Blackhawks against Nashville posting the .951 save percentage after giving up two goals on 41 shots in 65 minutes of play. The Blackhawks have lost four games in a row. 

The Vegas Golden Knights are 11-9 away from home so far this year and have gone 1-3 in their last four games played. The Golden Knights are playing on back to back nights but have done well in those situations. Vegas is clearly the better team as they are superior in both offense and defense statistics compared to Chicago. The Blackhawks have lost four games in a row here in this spot, and could find it difficult in later stages of the game to keep up with Las Vegas. Final Score Prediction, Las Vegas wins 4-1.