The Detroit Red Wings will look for the series clincher when they face the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of their best of seven Western conference semifinal round in a pro hockey game on Saturday night.
The Red Wings and Blackhawks begin from Chicago at 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBC Sports Network.
The NHL playoff odds for Game 5 has the home side Chicago Blackhawks favored by -200 odds with the return on the road underdog Detroit Red Wings at +185 odds. The goal total is lined at 5 for this playoff contest.
The Detroit Red Wings take a commanding 3-1 series lead in this playoff series after a 2-0 home victory in game four on Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks as a +116 home underdog. The game total landed under five goals.
Detroit found the game winner at 10:03 of the second period as Jakub Kindl scores on the power play. Daniel Cleary scores an empty net goal at 19:21 of the third period to put the game away. Chicago had 28 shots on the Red Wings net with Detroit putting up 27 shots and winning two more face-off attempts. Detroit goes 1 of 3 on the power play while the Blackhawks go scoreless in three attempts on the man advantage. Chicago is 0 of 9 on the power play and has scored just two goals total in their past three playoff games against Detroit in this series which has all resulted in losses.
