Stars vs Blackhawks Prediction, Odds & Props

NHL · Sat, Oct 17 · 7:08 PM ET

Dallas Stars

Away · 4-3

Chicago Blackhawks

Home · 3-6

Scouting report

Sprinkle's read:CHI +1.5 puck line★★★

A dog that keeps it close

Chicago has stayed within a goal in two of their last five, and the puck line pays you for a one-goal loss.

The number

At +1.5 a regulation loss by one still cashes; only a two-goal defeat, empty-netter included, beats it.

The decider

Knight is the weaker net by a wide margin right now — stopping about nine of ten, a touch under his baseline — so Chicago's side of the scoreboard is the one likely to move.

The context

Both clubs have been playing quiet games lately, so the pattern is not in dispute. Chicago is putting 21.4 shots a game on net and finishing 10.9% of them.

Situational

Dallas is on the second night of a back-to-back; Chicago is on the second night of a back-to-back — a reason for caution.

What breaks this

An empty-net goal turns a one-goal loss into two.

Dallas Stars

Last five

L0-4 vs STL
L1-2 @ NSH
W5-0 vs SJ
W4-0 @ BUF
L2-3 vs COL

Out

No players listed out.

Chicago Blackhawks

Last five

L3-4 @ BUF
W4-2 vs STL
L1-4 @ NYI
L2-5 vs CAR
W5-3 vs PIT

Out

No players listed out.

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