Once Upon A Time in America Betting Show
Chicago Blackhawks (8-22-4) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (10-22-2)
The 2022-23 NHL season goes on with a 12-game schedule on the final day of 2022 and brings this interconference clash from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH when the Chicago Blackhawks take on the Columbus Blue Jackets at 1:00 PM.
Columbus enters as the favorite at -135 with the total set at 6.0. These teams faced each other on December 23, a 5-2 victory for Chicago at home. The Blackhawks were a -106 favorite in that victory with the total set at 6.0.
The Chicago Blackhawks lost their fifth straight game on the road, falling to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday, 3-1. Chicago is now 1-5-0 on the road in December and is only 3-10-2 on the road this season. Patrick Kane scored the lone goal for the Blackhawks, a power play goal, his sixth of the season.
“We've got to keep working at it,” Chicago coach Luke Richardson said. “The work ethic was great tonight. Keeping them to four or five shots in the third period and still generating a lot in the other end is a good sign. But the guys have to keep their heads up and not get frustrated, otherwise it'll get harder. We've got to push through and one of these days we'll get a good bounce and it leads to a win.”
Fought until the end. pic.twitter.com/5Ok8C3gG uS
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) December 30, 2022
Kane has four points over his last five games and leads the club with 26 total points. However, only three players on the club have reached as many as 20 points this season as Chicago is dead last in goals per game (2.24) and 29th in goals allowed per contest (3.71). The special teams had been no help to this club, as they are 17th on the power play (21.7%) and 26th you in penalty killing (72.6%).