The Vancouver Canucks go on the road to battle the Chicago Blackhawks in NHL action.

The Vancouver Canucks are coming off a 5-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres in their last game. Bo Horvat and Justin Dowling scored goals in the loss. Netminder Thatcher Demko was between the pipes in the loss and is 1-1-1 this season. He allowed 4 goals on 42 shots faced.

The Chicago Blackhawks have not gotten off to the start they were hoping for losing their first four contests. Their last loss was a 4-1 setback to the Islanders. It was close early and then things fell apart for the Blackhawks. MacKenzie Entwistle scored the only goal for Chicago. Marc-Andre Fleury is 0-3 this season and against the Islanders, he faced 29 shots and allowed 4 goals.

Vancouver is 1-4 in their last 5 road games and 2-6 in their last 8 games against a team with a losing record. Chicago is 1-6 in their last 7 home games and 0-5 in their last 5 games overall.

Even though the Blackhawks have looked bad they do have talent on the roster that is better than the record. They are at home and facing a Canucks team that isn't very good and are at the end of a long road trip. The Blackhawks have offensive weapons and they need their defense to just play average defense in front of Fleury and the wins will come.

Play on Chicago. This is a 6* play.