The St. Louis Blues will try and take a commanding 3-1 series advantage as road underdogs this Tuesday night against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 4 of this best-of-seven series. This opening round playoff game from the United Center is slated to get underway at 9:30 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on NBC Sports Network.
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The Blues were able to regain home ice advantage in this series with Sunday’s thrilling 3-2 victory as +139 road underdogs. This followed a 3-2 loss in Game 2 at home as slight -103 underdogs. The total ended as a PUSH in both games on a closing line of 5. St. Louis drew first blood in this series with a 1-0 victory in Game 1 as a -139 favorite at home. The betting line for the total in that game was also set at 5.
St. Louis fell behind 2-1 after two periods on Sunday, but Patrik Berglund and Jaden Schwartz on a power play both found the back of the net in the third to secure the win. Brian Elliot put forth another strong effort in goal by turning away 44 of the 46 shots he faced. The Blues ended the night with 36 shots on goal including 14 in that all-important third-period rally. St. Louis closed-out the regular season with an average of 2.7 goals a game and it was ranked fourth in the NHL in goals allowed (2.4).
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Chicago closed-out its regular season with a 2-1 loss to the Blues as a -105 home favorite before losing to Columbus 5-4 on the road in its season finale on April 9 as a -131 favorite. The Blackhawks opened this series as +126 road underdogs in that 1-0 loss before bouncing back in Game 2 as slight -107 road favorites. The total has now stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in four of their last five games.
Patrick Kane assisted on two of Chicago’s three goals in last Friday’s win in Game 2 and along with Jonathan Toews he got credited with another assist on Brent Seabrook’s goal in the first period of Game 3 to give Chicago the early 1-0 lead. Kane was the team’s leader in both goals (46) and assists (60) in the regular season so his continued success around the opposing team’s net is vital to the Blackhawks’ chances to tie this series at two games apiece. Also key is the play of Corey Crawford in goal. His goals-against average in this series stands at 1.92 with a .929 save percentage.
The Blues are now 8-1 in their last nine Central Division games and they are 16-5 in their last 21 games on the road. The total has gone OVER in four of their last six road games.
The Blackhawks are 2-7 in their last nine games against a team with a winning record and they are 3-11 in their last 14 division games. The total has stayed UNDER in six of their last 10 games at home.
Head-to-head in this division tilt, the home team is 29-14 in the last 43 meetings and the total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in five of the last six meetings in Chicago.
