Chicago Blackhawks vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction: Modest scoring activity

Prediction for the NHL Chicago Blackhawks vs Vancouver Canucks match which will take place on December 17th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Chicago is one of the league's top underdogs in the regular season, so the Hawks are unlikely to make the playoffs. They're still an exciting team to watch, though, as they've been without Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews for the past few months and are learning to live without them. Connor Bedard's efforts have not been enough to make good results, and in the last nine games, his team has suffered seven defeats, only beating Anaheim and St. Louis 1:0 and 3:1.

Vancouver is a much more ambitious team. The Canucks were out of the Cup last season, but even then, they started to get better in the second half of the regular season, and now they are among the top teams in the league. Right from the start of the championship, they started scoring many points and playing solid, quality hockey, which they still do. They had a particularly productive stretch in October and November, when the Blue-Greens scored points in nine straight games, winning eight, with an overtime loss to the Rangers 4:3.

You only have to look at the Western Conference standings to see who the favorites are. The Hawks are sitting quietly at the end of the standings, while the Canucks are sitting proudly in second place. This fact alone makes the visitors the favorites for this game, and now they are in great shape and racking up points. On the other hand, the Hawks have not scored in three consecutive games. 

A very modest scoring activity describes the confrontation between Chicago and Vancouver. In the past seven meetings, the competitors have scored only 29 goals for two (an average of 4.14 per game) - a very low result by North American hockey standards. Particularly noteworthy is that the Hawks scored only 7 goals (1.00 per game) during this period.