Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals Prediction: Expect a high-productive match

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 11. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Chicago continues to build a new team, which, in the foreseeable future, will try to break away from the league's outsiders. So far it's hard to do that, as the past leaders have already left the club, the future stars are still too young, and several important players are in the infirmary. All this does not allow the Hawks to show their best distance hockey, but they still have flashes of activity. For example, in the last two games, they beat Anaheim and St. Louis 1:0 and 3:1, respectively, but before that, they had a four-game losing streak. Such an uneven performance leaves the team only 15th in the Western Conference standings.

Washington is another team experiencing problems with results, but they are associated with other reasons. Still, the Capital team has not started the process of personnel restructuring, counting on the leaders of the past years. Still, they are not getting younger, and therefore, they gradually start to decline, and their injuries worsen the situation. For example, Nicklas Bäckström even had to suspend his career to deal with his health. Of course, in such a situation, it is problematic to solve big problems, but they do not intend to give up. The day before, they unexpectedly beat the Rangers 4:0, moving up to ninth in the Eastern Conference standings.

Chicago and Washington are currently located outside the Cup eight of their conferences, with their tournament motivation being very different. For the Hawks, this season is a transitional one. They know they are unlikely to make the playoffs, so they quietly gain experience for a future breakthrough. The Capitals have no opportunity to wait, their leaders are already at a pre-retirement age, and therefore it is necessary to rush for the trophy now, besides, the gap from the top-8 in the East is only two points. In addition, the guests won both head-to-head meetings last season - 7:3 and 6:1.

The confrontation between Chicago and Washington recently gave us a very high-productive performance. In the previous ten head-to-head meetings, the rivals scored 82 pucks (8.20 per game on average). In addition, the Hawks and Capitals scored at least three pucks each in five previous meetings.