Both of these teams have played the majority of the season over the total in their games. The Blackhawks and the Sharks have played seven of their last nine meetings over the total. The Blackhawks are allowing over 3 goals per game to opponents while the Sharks allow 4.5 goals to opponents. These two teams don’t have great defense nor above average goaltending, just two bottom feeding teams int the league and it sets up for a higher scoring game. San Jose is 7-2 to the Over when playing their 8th game in 14 days and they are 10-1 to the Over when they play a losing team under .500. The total has gone Over in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago.

Best bet: take the Over the Total.