This is a 5* BIG-CHALK CHOKE-OUT on the Chicago Blackhawks.

Sometimes a favorite is a favorite for a reason, we fully expect the home side to come in focused on the task at hand and to take advantage of this favorable matchup tonight. This is also a revenge game after the teams met Friday with the Devils winning 4-2 at home. Chicago though would bounce back with a 4-2 home win over Edmonton Sunday, Patrick Kane has scored in four straight games and has seven goals and ten assists on a ten-game point streak. New Jersey would go on to beat the Canucks 4-3 on Sunday, before stumbling in a 2-0 loss to St. Louis on Tuesday. We expect another letdown here, note that the Hawks are 7-1-1 at home this year with at least a point from the last eight. Both teams goaltenders have been struggling of late and certainly Corey Schneider's lifetime 3.04 GAA against Chicago is nothing to write home about, so we'll call this department a "wash." Chicago though has the motivational and situational factors working in its favor and that makes this a price that we can live with paying; play on the BLACKHAWKS.

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