Chicago Blackhawks

The Blackhawks won 29 games in 2025-26 yet beat the puck line 48 times in 80 tries, a rate only two NHL teams beat. Chicago was the underdog more often than anyone, and its games went under the total more often than all but Colorado’s.

Losing, and covering anyway

The market made Chicago an underdog in 78 of 82 games, more than any other NHL team, and the record of 29-53 was the league’s second-worst. Against the puck line it was a different team: 48 covers and 32 misses, a rate topped only by Boston and Philadelphia. October and November alone produced 19 covers in 23 priced lines. The high rate comes from how often they were underdogs, not from beating other underdogs: their 47 covers in 76 in that role ranked 26th of 32.

Cover at home, back them away

At home they won 14 of 41 but covered 24 of 39; only Boston, Calgary and San Jose covered more often at home. On the moneyline the split ran the other way: 9.21 units lost backing them at home, 2.2 made on the road. Their three biggest-price wins were all away: 4-3 in a shootout at Dallas at +285, 4-0 at Utah at +270, 3-2 at Tampa Bay at +240.

The under

Forty-six of their games went under and 35 over. Only Colorado had a higher under rate. The Blackhawks scored 2.6 goals a game, more than only Calgary, and lost 22 of their 35 one-goal games. Twenty-one games went past regulation, 13 decided in overtime and eight in a shootout.

December, and four favorites

December went 3-11 and cost 5.27 units, the worst month of the season. January answered at 7-9 for 3.2 units, the best. The four games in which Chicago was favored all ended in defeat.

Utah, and the rest of the West

Utah met them four times and lost all four; Chicago covered each, and backing the Blackhawks made 7.85 units, more than the 7.01 that backing them in all 82 games lost. Against Minnesota, Nashville and Winnipeg, four meetings each, they won once apiece. Colorado and Edmonton swept their three.

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