Chicago Blackhawks vs Tampa Bay Lightning Prediction: a Lightning Victory

Prediction for the NHL Chicago Blackhawks vs Tampa Bay Lightning match, which will take place on January 4th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago continues to be a hopeless outsider of the league, and the gap from competitors is gradually increasing, and the results of the Blackhawks are not going uphill. In the last 22 meetings, Luke Richardson's wards scored only five points: they won the Rangers and Columbus with the same score – 5:2, and once again lost to Montreal following a shootout – 2:3. The remaining 19 games Blackhawks lost in regular time, and often they were smashed with a solid difference in the score. The current series of defeats has already totaled four games in a row, after which Chicago finally deepened into last place in the Western Conference standings.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay, as befits a top NHL club, did not include maximum turnovers already in the debut of the regular season. Of course, the Lightning was noticeably tired after three consecutive Stanley Cup finals, so they were drawn into this season slowly and busily. Nevertheless, the hunger for victory turned out to be stronger, so recently, the results have become much better. In ten previous meetings, John Cooper's wards allowed only two defeats from Toronto and Detroit – 1:4 and 4:7, respectively, and in eight more cases, they beat opponents. This breakthrough allowed Tampa Bay to reach fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

Expert Betting Tips

Chicago is one of the weakest teams in the NHL this season. The fact that in the last 22 meetings, the Hawks have suffered 20 defeats with two wins speaks most clearly about this. Catastrophically weak result! At the same time, Tampa Bay gradually began to find itself, and the Lightning, in good shape, is one of the most powerful teams in the league. Moreover, the statistics of personal meetings also favor John Cooper's wards, according to which they beat the Blackhawks six times in a row, each time with a difference of at least two goals.

Tampa Bay has constantly been beating Chicago lately and shows itself greatly in attack in these meetings. In the six previous inter-fights, the lightning struck the Hawks' goal 32 times (5.33 on average per game), which in itself is an incredibly high indicator for such a long distance, so also, in the last three matches, they certainly differed, at least five times per game.

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