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Its 2011 NHL playoff gambling time once again. The Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vancouver Canucks is on tap Wednesday night. Both will be trying to pick up a win with the line opening with Vancouver as a -175 favorite in this matchup. The over/under is set at 5.5, here is the handicapping preview…

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Chicago Blackhawks (44-29-9) at Vancouver Canucks (54-19-9)
Date/Time: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 10:00 PM ET
Venue: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Broadcast: VERSUS, CBC (HD), RDS (HD), CSN-CH (HD)
Hawks vs. Canucks Betting Lines from Bodog.com
Spread: Canucks -1.5
Moneyline: Blackhawks +155: Canucks -175
Over/Under: 5.5 goals

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Are we all ready for round three? The Chicago Blackhawks will attempt to eliminate the Vancouver Canucks for the third straight year – Game 1 goes Wednesday night! Make no mistake about it folk – these teams don’t like each other. It should be fun to watch!

The Chicago Blackhawks got lucky – a 5-4-1 finish to their season was barely good enough to qualify for the post season – thanks to Dallas laying an egg! The Hawks weren’t exactly lighting up the scoreboard during their ho-hum stretch run – Kane was OK, Toews struggled a bit and Patrick Sharp was injured. The good news is that the boys get to face a team that they have lit up in the postseason. Kane has 16 points in 12 playoff games against Vancouver and Jonathan Toews has 12 points in his last six playoff games against Vancouver.

Cory Crawford will start between the pipes for Chicago. Who knows – he could be the next Antti Niemi!

The Vancouver Canucks have been building to this very point – the playoffs where they absolutely need to make some noise. And why not? They are the top offensive, defensive, power play and penalty killing team in the league. Offensively, defensively and in goal, the Canucks all come into the series looking very good!

Obviously, the Sedins are going to have to be on top of their game – last season in a six game series against Chicago, the twins combined for only 10 points. Chicago totally shut them down! Good thing for the Canucks this season is that their second line is legit – Ryan Kesler scored 40 goals centering the second unit.

Defensively, the Canucks learned something from their series loss last season and retooled for this very scenario. The Canucks are bigger, faster and tougher than the group that got schooled last year. Roberto Luongo is there to bail them out as well – he went 5-1-0 in his last six starts with a 1.00 goals against average.

NHL Betting Trends:
Under is 16-5-1 in VAN last 22 vs. Central.
Under is 19-6-1 in VAN last 26 overall.
VAN are 44-18 in their last 62 overall.
Over is 9-1-1 in the last 11 meetings in Vancouver.
Road team is 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.

Betting Prediction: Let’s make this clear – the Chicago Blackhawks are not the same team as they were last season… and neither are the Vancouver Canucks. Vancouver is better than the Chicago in every aspect of the game and should be able to overwhelm the Hawks with electricity at Rogers Arena alone.

It’s put up or shut up time for the Canucks!

Pick: Vancouver Canucks -175

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