Ben Burns
Blackhawks vs Islanders
Bonus Play OVER 5 -130
The Hawks check in on an "under" streak. However, a game against the Islanders should provide an opportunity for a more "wide open" affair. The Isles have allowed 10 goals their past two games alone. For the season, their home games are averaging 5.8 goals. Their last five games have had scores of 4-3, 4-2, 3-2, 6-2 and 4-2, an average of 6.4 combined goals.
Fourteen of the Isles' 18 home games have had O/U lines of 5.5. Of the four which had an O/U line of five, as this one does, three finished above the total. While there's always a reasonable shot at a 'push,' when playing a game with an O/U line of five, I feel this one has a better shot at producing more than five than it does of finishing with less than five. Consider the Over.