NHL Betting Preview: Blackhawks vs Capitals

The Chicago Blackhawks clash with the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Saturday, January 3.

Side With Caps to Cover the Puck Line

Our prediction is the Capitals -1.5 goals on the puck line at -120. This looks value and we’re backing our selection to win by two goals or more against the Blackhawks.

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Caps Came Out on Top in Previous H2H

Chicago Blackhawks won their previous game, beating Dallas Stars at home. It was a 4-3 win at United Center. Ilya Mikheyev bagged two goals, while Artyom Levshunov and Teuvo Teraevaeinen scored once.

Washington Capitals lost on the road in their last game. Ottawa Senators won 4-3 at Canadian Tire Centre. Dylan Strome, Alexei Protas and Tom Wilson each scored one goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Caps had the edge in the most recent encounter between these teams. At Capital One Arena, they recorded a 5-3 win over the Hawks. We’ve seen six Caps wins in the past 10 meetings between the teams.

Starting Goalies

Spencer Knight (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	11-11-6	2.6	.909	2

Logan Thompson (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	15-11-3	2.4	.913	2
23/24	25-14-3	2.7	.908	1

Chicago Blackhawks – Last 10 Games

2 wins, 7 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.2 goals from 23.7 shots on goal, with a 12.9% powerplay efficiency. The Hawks have been giving up 3.8 goals from 27.9 shots, averaging 3.7 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 86.5%.

Andre Burakovsky is the top points scorer with 6 points, 2 goals and 4 assists, with Ilya Mikheyev racking up 5 points, 4 goals and 1 assist, in the past 10 games. Goalie Spencer Knight have a 3.07 goal against average with a .880 save percentage.

Washington Capitals – Last 10 Games

The Caps have 3 wins, 6 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.8 goals from 28.6 shots on goal, with a 14.7% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 4.0 goals from 30.2 shots, averaging 3.8 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 81.6%.

The top points scorer is Alexei Protas with 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists, while Tom Wilson is next best after registering 10 points, 5 goals and 5 assists. Goalie Logan Thompson have a 3.74 GAA with a .879 SV%, including one shutout.

Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals Prediction & Picks

We cover the key Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals betting angles, showcasing our expert match prediction, best correct score selection, top player props and a bet builder tailored for value.

Game Prediction

Washington Capitals could prove too strong in this NHL encounter and there’s lots of juice when it comes to backing them on the puck line. Take the -120 that the favorites cover a -1.5 goal deficit.

Our hockey picks are always well-researched, starting with a combination of the latest NHL team news and current form. Once we’ve got a solid read on the matchup, we layer in the key data to back it up.

Key Blackhawks vs Capitals stats:

The -1.5 line has been covered by Capitals in 6 of their last 10 games against Blackhawks.

Caps -1.5 Probability

When you look at the latest odds, our pick has a 54.6% chance of landing a return. However, our analysts research has found that the actual probability is closer to 60%. This hockey wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Dylan Strome Over 1.5 Shots -200

Dylan Strome (Capitals) has recorded Over 1.5 shots on goal in 8 of the past 10 games. We think that the value can be found by wagering on Shots on Goal and you can get -200 that he goes over the line.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Puck Line Capitals -1.5

To Score Tom Wilson

Shots on Goal Dylan Strome Over 1.5

We’ve compiled a same game parlay that includes the Capitals -1.5 on the puck line accompanied by Tom Wilson (Capitals) to score and Dylan Strome (Capitals) to register Over 1.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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We’ve got a correct score prediction which involves the Capitals winning 5-2. Odds of +1150 look appealing and we should get a run for our money here.

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Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Caps Heavy Favorites in Eyes of the Books

With an estimated 76% chance of winning, the sportsbooks are taking no chances with their -313 betting odds about Washington Capitals triumphing in this game. Chicago Blackhawks are regarded as a long shot to win and you can currently back them at +250.

The puck line is 1.5, with the total goals line at 5.5. A Totals bet relates to the number of goals that will be scored overall. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 5.5 at -128.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Alex Ovechkin is the First Goalscorer Favorite

Alex Ovechkin is the First Goalscorer favorite at +900. Alternatively, there’s the chance to simply back him to light the lamp at anytime at +145.

Player Goals

Alex Ovechkin (Capitals)

Tom Wilson (Capitals)

Dylan Strome (Capitals)

Tyler Bertuzzi (Blackhawks)

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Player Assists

Tom Wilson (Capitals)

Dylan Strome (Capitals)

Alex Ovechkin (Capitals)

Jakob Chychrun (Capitals)

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Player Shots

Alex Ovechkin (Capitals)

Tom Wilson (Capitals)

Jakob Chychrun (Capitals)

Dylan Strome (Capitals)

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Last 5 Games

Blackhawks

NHL: 02/01 Stars3 Blackhawks 4
NHL: 31/12 Islanders3 Blackhawks 2
NHL: 29/12 Penguins7 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 28/12 Blackhawks4 Stars 3
NHL: 24/12 Flyers3 Blackhawks 1

Capitals

NHL: 01/01 Capitals3 Senators 4
NHL: 31/12 Rangers3 Capitals 6
NHL: 30/12 Capitals3 Panthers 5
NHL: 28/12 Capitals4 Devils 3
NHL: 24/12 Rangers7 Capitals 3

Head to Head

Chicago vs Washington

NHL: 05/04 2025 Blackhawks 3 Capitals 5
NHL: 18/12 2024 Capitals 2 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 10/03 2024 Blackhawks 1 Capitals 4
NHL: 11/12 2023 Capitals 4 Blackhawks 2
NHL: 24/03 2023 Blackhawks 1 Capitals 6
NHL: 14/12 2022 Capitals 7 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 16/12 2021 Capitals 4 Blackhawks 5
NHL: 03/12 2021 Blackhawks 4 Capitals 3
NHL: 21/10 2019 Capitals 5 Blackhawks 3
NHL: 20/01 2019 Capitals 5 Blackhawks 8

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Chicago Blackhawks Stats

Washington Capitals Stats

Moneyline

2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 games
2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

3 wins and 7 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 5.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 on the Road: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.30 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.20 pts and allowed 4.60 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 5.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 5.5 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.80 goals and allowed 4.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.50 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 23.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.7
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.3
Blocks: 14.1
Faceoff Wins : 23.8
Hits: 21.3
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 4.6

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.8
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 9.2
Blocks: 13.3
Faceoff Wins : 24.1
Hits: 15.8
Giveaways: 15.8
Takeaways: 5.2

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 28.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 8.4
Blocks: 15.9
Faceoff Wins : 28.6
Hits: 17.6
Giveaways: 13.7
Takeaways: 3.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 30.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 6.7
Blocks: 15.7
Faceoff Wins : 24.3
Hits: 18.6
Giveaways: 15.7
Takeaways: 3.6

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Chicago Blackhawks Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
98	Connor Bedard	31	21.06	19	25	44	8
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	37	18.38	19	11	30	-11
28	Andre Burakovsky	35	17.23	9	16	25	-10

91	Frank Nazar	33	18.25	6	15	21	-7
86	Teuvo Teraevaeinen	39	18.75	8	11	19	-10
55	Artyom Levshunov	38	18.16	2	17	19	-13
8	Ryan Donato	40	15.33	9	8	17	-10
20	Ryan Greene	40	16.4	4	10	14	0
95	Ilya Mikheyev	36	17.63	8	4	12	-5
46	Louis Crevier	39	15.25	3	9	12	1
11	Oliver Moore	28	12.74	3	8	11	-4
44	Wyatt Kaiser	40	19.13	4	5	9	0
43	Alex Vlasic	39	21.06	2	6	8	-14
	Matt Grzelcyk	40	16.86	0	8	8	3
16	Jason Dickinson	27	15.45	4	4	8	-6
6	Sam Rinzel	28	16.53	1	7	8	0
28	Colton Dach	40	12.25	3	4	7	-15
17	Nick Foligno	18	14.3	1	6	7	0
5	Connor Murphy	40	15.7	0	6	6	-4
24	Sam Lafferty	17	9.01	1	1	2	2
84	Landon Slaggert	14	10.21	1	1	2	2
76	Nick Lardis	9	12.7	2	0	2	-1
25	Dominic Toninato	5	9.2	0	1	1	1
38	Ethan Del Mastro	2	16.35	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
30	Spencer Knight	28	2.63	0.909
40	Arvid Soederblom	13	4.02	0.873

Washington Capitals Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
43	Tom Wilson	40	19.72	22	20	42	20
8	Alexander Ovechkin	41	17.81	15	19	34	1
17	Dylan Strome	39	18.27	9	23	32	10

21	Alexei Protas	41	18.12	16	15	31	21
6	Jakob Chychrun	41	23.27	15	16	31	24
74	John Carlson	37	22.61	8	21	29	7
9	Ryan Leonard	34	13.56	7	15	22	7
24	Connor McMichael	41	16.8	5	16	21	3
72	Anthony Beauvillier	41	15.36	8	5	13	4
53	Ethen Frank	30	11.77	6	7	13	4
34	Justin Sourdif	40	13.99	5	8	13	10
38	Rasmus Sandin	35	18.97	2	11	13	8
42	Martin Fehervary	41	18.83	3	9	12	10
3	Matt Roy	41	20.62	1	10	11	16
26	Nic Dowd	33	15.29	2	7	9	-1
15	Sonny Milano	23	9.35	4	3	7	1
29	Hendrix Lapierre	38	9.06	0	6	6	1
22	Brandon Duhaime	41	11.45	4	2	6	-3
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	31	15.76	1	4	5	-3
47	Declan Chisholm	15	14.61	0	3	3	0
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	6	15.53	0	0	0	0
52	Dylan McIlrath	5	11.22	0	0	0	1
88	Bogdan Trineev	2	10.55	0	0	0	0
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	2	9.65	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
79	Charlie Lindgren	13	3.07	0.887
48	Logan Thompson	29	2.39	0.913
1	Parker Milner	-	-	-
33	Clay Stevenson	-	-	-
80	Garin Bjorklund	-	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

Chicago Blackhawks Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Frank Nazar

Injured

Connor Bedard

Injured

Shea Weber

Injured

Washington Capitals Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Chicago Blackhawks Lineups

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Stars 3-4 Blackhawks

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	40	24	13	3	51	0.638	15	20	135	122	13	13-7-1	11-6-2	4-2	5-5	2L
2 NY Islanders	41	22	15	4	48	0.585	15	18	116	117	-1	12-8-2	10-7-2	4-4	5-5	1L
3 Philadelphia	39	20	12	7	47	0.603	13	15	119	114	5	11-5-4	9-7-3	5-3	4-6	1L
4 Washington	41	21	15	5	47	0.573	19	21	133	118	15	12-7-2	9-8-3	0-4	3-7	1L
5 Pittsburgh	39	18	12	9	45	0.577	15	17	126	126	0	9-6-5	9-6-4	1-5	4-6	3W
6 NY Rangers	43	20	18	5	45	0.523	13	18	114	117	-3	5-10-3	15-8-2	2-0	4-6	1W
7 New Jersey	40	21	17	2	44	0.55	14	18	109	120	-11	10-7-2	11-10-0	3-0	4-6	1W
8 Columbus	39	17	16	6	40	0.513	10	13	118	131	-13	8-7-3	9-9-3	4-1	4-6	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	42	24	14	4	52	0.619	17	22	130	134	-4	14-7-1	10-7-3	2-2	7-3	1L
2 Tampa Bay	40	24	13	3	51	0.638	19	23	135	107	28	11-9-0	13-4-3	1-1	7-3	6W
3 Montreal	40	22	12	6	50	0.625	14	20	137	136	1	10-9-1	12-3-5	2-4	6-4	2W
4 Buffalo	39	21	14	4	46	0.59	15	18	124	121	3	12-5-2	9-9-2	3-0	10-0	10W
5 Florida	40	21	16	3	45	0.563	18	19	127	129	-2	13-9-3	8-7-0	2-1	6-4	2L
6 Toronto	40	19	15	6	44	0.55	15	19	134	134	0	14-5-5	5-10-1	0-1	5-5	2W
7 Boston	41	21	18	2	44	0.537	15	19	130	134	-4	12-8-1	9-10-1	2-1	3-7	1W
8 Ottawa	39	19	15	5	43	0.551	14	16	129	127	2	9-7-3	10-8-2	3-0	6-4	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	39	30	2	7	67	0.859	27	29	159	88	71	17-0-2	13-2-5	1-4	9-1	9W
2 Dallas	41	25	9	7	57	0.695	21	22	143	113	30	12-6-2	13-3-5	3-3	4-6	4L
3 Minnesota	42	25	10	7	57	0.679	18	22	134	110	24	13-4-5	12-6-2	3-2	7-3	1W
4 Utah	41	19	19	3	41	0.5	14	19	126	118	8	9-7-1	10-12-2	0-0	5-5	1W
5 Nashville	40	18	18	4	40	0.5	13	16	114	133	-19	10-9-2	8-9-2	2-0	6-4	1L
6 St Louis	42	16	18	8	40	0.476	16	16	105	146	-41	9-9-5	7-9-3	0-2	5-5	1W
7 Chicago	40	15	18	7	37	0.463	13	14	112	130	-18	8-8-4	7-10-3	1-3	2-8	1W
8 Winnipeg	39	15	20	4	34	0.436	13	14	113	122	-9	8-8-2	7-12-2	1-1	1-9	8L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Edmonton	41	20	15	6	46	0.561	15	20	137	138	-1	10-4-3	10-11-3	0-2	6-4	1L
2 Vegas	39	17	11	11	45	0.577	13	16	122	123	-1	8-6-6	9-5-5	1-5	3-7	4L
3 Anaheim	41	21	17	3	45	0.549	13	17	139	146	-7	12-8-1	9-9-2	4-0	2-8	5L
4 Seattle	39	18	14	7	43	0.551	12	17	103	115	-12	9-7-4	9-7-3	1-4	6-4	2W
5 San Jose	40	20	17	3	43	0.538	11	18	124	139	-15	11-7-3	9-10-0	2-1	6-4	3W
6 LA Kings	39	16	14	9	41	0.526	11	15	102	107	-5	5-9-4	11-5-5	1-5	2-8	2L
7 Calgary	40	18	18	4	40	0.5	14	16	108	117	-9	12-5-2	6-13-2	2-2	7-3	3W
8 Vancouver	40	16	20	4	36	0.45	10	12	115	140	-25	4-12-2	12-8-2	4-1	5-5	2L

Chicago Blackhawks

Washington Capitals

NHL Betting Preview: Blackhawks vs Capitals

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Caps -1.5 Probability

Player Prop Picks

Latest Dylan Strome Player Prop Odds

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Chicago Blackhawks Injury Table

Washington Capitals Injury Table

Starting Lineups

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