[SBRforum Staff]

Habs & Hawks Over 6

Game Time: 10/18/2006 8:30:00 PM
By: Ben Burns


The Canadiens and Blackhawks meet in Chicago tonight, and the over looks to be the best bet.

Although they don't play each other often, this series has historically been relatively high-scoring. The most recent two meetings produced a combined 17 goals. Looking back further and we find that the over has gone 3-0-3 in six meetings this millennium.

The Blackhawks had last night off while the Canadiens hosted Calgary. This is noteworthy as we find the over at a healthy 9-4 the last 13 times that Montreal played the second of back-to-back games. Only one of those 13 contests produced less than five goals - - It had four - - and they averaged a whopping 6.7 goals per game.

Additionally, the Hawks have seen the over go 11-4 their last 15 games while the Habs have seen seven of their past 11 finish above the number.

Play: Canadiens-Blackhawks Over 6

[bigboydan]

I feel this will be one of those classic 3-2 type games. So, needless to say I like the under in this one.