Sharks Buy, Blackhawks Sell Before Thursday Matchup

Blackhawks Were Sellers At Deadline

Have the Chicago Blackhawks (27-28-8) pulled the plug on their playoff hopes? The last-place team in the Central Division was a seller at Monday’s NHL trade deadline.

The San Jose Sharks (34-21-9), on the other hand, are second in the Pacific. They’ve bolstered their lineup ahead of Thursday’s matchup with the visiting Blackhawks. The Puck drops at 10:30 PM ET on WGN and NBCSN.

Oddsmakers have the Sharks as -155 moneyline favorites. The total is at 5.5.

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Chicago did quite well at the deadline. They sent RW Ryan Hartman (eight goals, 17 assists in 53 games) to the Nashville Predators and getting a first-round pick. The Hawks also shipped RW Tommy Wingels (seven goals, five assists in 57 games) to the Boston Bruins for a fifth-round pick. They waived LW Lance Bouma (three goals, six assists).

Depth might be an issue this Thursday night.

The Sharks sent a conditional first-round pick to the Buffalo Sabres as part of the deal for top-line LW Evander Kane (20 goals, 20 assists). It was a small price to pay in the long run most likely. Kane is in a prolonged slump, scoring just five goals and an assist since January 1. He’ll also be an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season.

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Chicago	27-28-8	-$1,207.00	2.83	2.84	17-19	10-17	26-34-3
San Jose	34-21-9	$1.00	2.92	2.78	22-19	12-11	24-39-1

Team Records

Chicago Blackhawks

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	27-28-8	15-14-3	12-14-5	17-15-2	10-13-6	26-34-3
Last 10	3-7-0	3-3-0	0-4-0	2-2-0	1-5-0	3-6-1
vs Div	6-9-2	3-4-1	3-5-1	3-4-1	3-5-1	4-11-2
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

San Jose Sharks

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	34-21-9	18-9-3	16-12-6	21-11-6	13-10-2	24-39-1
Last 10	6-3-1	4-1-0	2-2-1	4-1-0	2-2-1	4-6
vs Div	16-4-3	9-3-1	7-1-2	10-3-3	6-1-0	9-13-1
vs EAST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
vs WEST	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	2.83	20	2.78	10
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	2.68	18	2.67	13
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	18.45	17	87.21	3
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	2.92	16	2.84	15
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.30	11	3.13	17
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	24.30	7	79.81	15

Head To Head Summary

Team	record	O/U	AVG	shots	power play goals	power play percentage	penalty kill percentage	power play chances
Chicago	6-4-0	4-5-1	2.90	31.00	2	8.70	75.86	23
San Jose	4-5-1	4-5-1	2.00	32.20	7	24.14	91.30	29

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	away score	Home	home score	line	Total	O/U	away shots	home shots	Away Power Play Goals	Home Power Play Goals	Away Power Plays	Home Power Plays	Away PP%	Home PP%	Away PK%	Home PK%
Feb 23, 2018	SJ	1	CHI	3	-126	5.5	U	43	36	0	0	1	2	0	0	100	100
Jan 31, 2017	CHI	1	SJ	3	-143	5.5	U	25	29	0	1	3	3	0	33.3	66.7	100
Dec 18, 2016	SJ	1	CHI	4	115	5	P	34	26	0	0	2	2	0	0	100	100
Nov 23, 2016	CHI	1	SJ	2	-144	5	U	34	35	0	1	2	4	0	25	75	100
Feb 9, 2016	SJ	2	CHI	0	-139	5.5	U	27	33	1	0	1	3	100	0	100	0
Dec 20, 2015	SJ	3	CHI	4	-143	5	O	36	32	1	0	3	1	33.3	0	100	66.7
Nov 25, 2015	CHI	5	SJ	2	-107	5	O	26	29	0	1	3	5	0	20	80	100
Mar 14, 2015	CHI	6	SJ	2	-105	5	O	30	35	2	1	4	4	50	25	75	50
Jan 31, 2015	CHI	0	SJ	2	-110	5.5	U	31	20	0	0	1	3	0	0	100	100
Nov 9, 2014	SJ	2	CHI	5	-165	5.5	O	34	37	1	0	3	2	33.3	0	100	66.7

NHL Betting Trends

Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Chicago is 7-14 ATS in its last 21 games
Chicago is 3-10 SU in its last 13 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chicago's last 6 games
Chicago is 8-4 ATS in its last 12 games on the road
Chicago is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Chicago is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Chicago's last 13 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 5 games when playing San Jose
Chicago is 3-8 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against San Jose
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chicago's last 6 games when playing on the road against San Jose

San Jose Sharks
San Jose is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Jose's last 9 games
San Jose is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
San Jose is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of San Jose's last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games when playing Chicago
San Jose is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Chicago
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 6 games when playing at home against Chicago

Team Last 5 Games

Chicago Blackhawks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Feb 24, 2018	CLB	2-3	L	145	33	29	0/3	0/1	Sergei Bobrovsky	A
Feb 23, 2018	SJ	3-1	W	-126	36	43	0/2	1/1	Martin Jones	H
Feb 21, 2018	OTT	3-2	W	-163	38	34	0/2	1/1	Mike Condon	H
Feb 19, 2018	LA	1-3	L	-117	28	32	0/1	2/3	Jonathan Quick	H
Feb 17, 2018	WAS	7-1	W	102	44	20	1/4	2/2	Braden Holtby	H

San Jose Sharks

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	shots	shots against	power play	penalty kill	opposing goalie	Location
Feb 27, 2018	EDM	5-2	W	-156	37	26	0/3	2/2	Cam Talbot	H
Feb 25, 2018	MIN	2-3	L	144	28	41	0/1	3/3	Devan Dubnyk	A
Feb 23, 2018	CHI	1-3	L	114	43	36	0/1	2/2	Jean-Francois Berube	A
Feb 22, 2018	NAS	1-7	L	142	34	46	0/5	1/2	Pekka Rinne	A
Feb 20, 2018	STL	3-2	W	145	23	33	0/2	2/3	Carter Hutton	A

 

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