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Coyotes vs. Blackhawks: Today’s Best NHL Bets & Picks (Friday)

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Despite the small four-game slate of hockey on Friday, there are still some great matchups to take advantage of across the board. Here are my two best bets for Friday’s NHL slate. Below is a closer look at Coyotes vs. Blackhawks.

And here are our other top picks for Friday:

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Today’s Best NHL Bets: Coyotes vs. Blackhawks

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Arizona Coyotes (-110) @ Chicago Blackhawks (-110) | O/U 6 (-108/-109)

We are going to back another road team on Friday in this Central Division tilt with the eighth-place Chicago Blackhawks hosting the seventh-place Arizona Coyotes. For those who watch these games after tailing these picks, I deeply apologize in advance because this will be one of the worst games you will watch all season.

Both of these squads are utterly terrible as both organizations are tanking for the chance to land generational prospect Connor Bedard. While both teams are terrible, Arizona is slightly better at basically everything.

At 5-on-5, the Yotes rank 30th in the league in xGF/60 and 28th in xGA/60. Surely the Hawks couldn’t be worse than that, right?

At 5-on-5, Chicago ranks 32nd in the league in xGF/60 and 30th in xGA/60. To make matters worse for the Hawks, the biggest disadvantage they face in this contest is in net as the projected goaltending matchup is Petr Mrazek versus Karel Vejmelka.

This season, Vejmelka boasts a better win percentage, GAA, SV%, and GSAx/60 at 5-on-5. While Arizona’s product of hockey is not good, they still are better than Chicago in every category against the board.

Best Bet: Coyotes ML (-110 via BetRivers)

Best of luck!

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