{"id":6485,"date":"2024-12-14T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2024-12-14T12:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:42:31","slug":"breaking-n-y-islanders-vs-chicago-blackhawks-prediction-and-picks-december-15-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=6485","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: N.Y. Islanders vs. Chicago Blackhawks Prediction and Picks &#8211; December 15, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/v2\/TT2F5PA745IFNBAGIEAQKMJICI.jpg?auth=b95d0e9ba295e6ad8ac953bc49f4cb001248581ec0a4906ef1dc1b27b9bc539d&amp;width=1080&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Three quick goals help Islanders edge Blackhawks | Reuters\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The New York Islanders will be on the road and take on the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. New York has a record of 12-12-7. Chicago has a record of 9-18-2. These two teams faced each other once this season, with New York winning the matchup. The puck drops at 3 PM EST.<\/p>\n<p>Read below for the New York Islanders vs Chicago Blackhawks prediction.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"second-quarter-subtitle\">Islanders Win Three Of Last Four<\/h3>\n<p>New York was a -190 favorite in their last game and they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4. Simon Holmstrom scored a goal and had two assists. Jean-Gabriel Pageau had three assists. Noah Dobson scored a goal and had an assist. Ilya Sorokin stopped 26 of 30 shots faced.<\/p>\n<p>The offense has been decent for the\u00a0Islanders\u00a0recently. They scored three or more goals in six of their last nine games. New York still only ranks 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in goals per game and 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0in shots per game. Anders Lee leads the team with 25 points.<\/p>\n<p>The defense has been average but goaltending has been above average for the Islanders this season. New York ranks 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in goals against per game and 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in shots against per game. Ilya Sorokin has a record of 9-8-4 with a 2.65 GAA and .910 SV%. Semyon Varlamov has a record of 3-4-3 with a 2.89 GAA and .889 SV%.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"third-quarter-subtitle\">Blackhawks On Back To Back<\/h3>\n<p>Chicago is on the back end of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks have been poor on offense this season. They scored two or fewer goals in six of their last nine games. Chicago ranks 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in goals per game and 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in shots per game. Connor Bedard leads the team with 24 points.<\/p>\n<p>The defense and goaltending have been poor for the\u00a0Blackhawks\u00a0this season. They rank 22<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0in goals against per game and 27<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in shots against per game. Petr Mrazek has a 7-11-1 record with a 2.83 GAA and .906 SV%. Arvid Soderblom has a record of 2-7-1 with a 2.74 GAA and .908 SV%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Islanders will be on the road and take on the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center. New York has a record of 12-12-7. Chicago has&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago-blackhawks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: N.Y. 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