The Chicago Blackhawks will lean on their recent playoff success on the road and a franchise-record-tying win total away from home during the regular season to try to avoid a 3-0 deficit when they visit the Nashville Predators Mondayin a pickem Game 3 of their postseason series at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.Chicago has won two road games in four straight postseason series dating back to 2015 and will need to earn at least one victory in Nashville in order to return to the United Center for a Game 5 on Saturday.In fact, the last time the Blackhawks failed to win two road games versus the same team in the playoffs came in their first-round matchup against the Predators in 2015 when they dropped two of three at Bridgestone Arena en route to a six-game series victory and their third Stanley Cup title in six years.However, Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne has been outstanding between the pipes through the first two games, posting back-to-back shutouts and stopping all 59 shots he has faced in 120 total minutes of ice time.Chicagos first challenge in Game 3 on Monday night will be finding a way to light the lamp for the first time in the series, something the team did 10 times in winning two of three regular-season meetings there.The Blackhawks also had the most road wins of any team in the NHLs Western Conference this year, and they have the experience of taking their opponents home ice away from them by quieting the crowd early in games.In their last meeting on the road, Chicago led 1-0 after the first period on a power-play goal by Patrick Kane and then went up 2-0 halfway through the second before beating the Predators 5-3 on March 4.The Blackhawks won four of five meetings with Nashville during the regular season, but they find themselves riding a six-game losing streak overall dating back to the regular season after they clinched the Wests top seed.The key for the Predators will be again scoring first to put pressure on Chicago. The over went 3-0-1 in the last four regular-season meetings that the Blackhawks won at sports betting sites, and bettors should expect their best effort of the postseason in another potentially high-scoring affair.The past four playoff meetings between the Blackhawks and the Predators in Nashville have also gone over the total at the sportsbooks.
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