Hockey playoffs odds on Saturday have the Vancouver Canucks as small home favorites against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of their Western Conference Semifinal series. This game can be seen on CBC and Versus on Saturday night and should be an exciting one in terms of hockey odds.
Hockey odds in this series are likely to be close since the teams are very evenly matched. It also doesn’t hurt that the teams really don’t like one another. “Obviously we have dislike for them,” said Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa, “Is it more than some teams? Maybe, but it will make for a good series.”
Just over a month ago the teams met in the regular season and it was ugly as Chicago forward Dustin Byfuglien caught Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo in the mask. It was a mess after that with players going at and the head coaches screaming at each other.
The key in this hockey odds series could be the special teams. Vancouver killed off 23 out of 24 power plays against the Blues but Chicago had the second best power play in hockey odds during the playoffs, scoring 7 times in 24 chances.
If Chicago is to win in hockey playoffs odds in this series they will have to win at least one game in Vancouver. Before this hockey odds series began they were 2-11 in the last 13 meetings in Vancouver.
Before this hockey playoffs odds series began the Canucks were 5-0 in their last 5 vs. the Central Division. They have also been superb at home of late, going 15-2 in their last 17 home games. Vancouver has not had much luck though in hockey playoffs odds in this round as they are 1-7 versus the hockey odds in their last 8 Conference Semifinals games coming into this series.
Looking at the hockey playoffs odds total we see that the Under was 5-0 in Canucks last 5 home games before this series began. The Under was 5-1-2 in the Canucks last 8 vs. the Central Division as hockey playoffs odds stats indicate. In this round of the hockey playoffs odds the Canucks have gone over the total. The Over is 6-2-4 versus the hockey playoffs odds in the Canucks last 12 Conference Semifinals games. The Under is 5-1-1 in the last 7 meetings in Vancouver between the two teams.
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