{"id":549719,"date":"2026-04-10T18:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/549719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:21:14","slug":"blues-vs-blackhawks-prediction-picks-april-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/549719\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues vs. Blackhawks Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; April 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Blackhawks (28-37-14), losers of five home games in a row, host the St. Louis Blues (33-33-12) at United Center on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=Rh2biukw1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our pick for who will capture the win in Saturday&#8217;s matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 10 contests, the Blackhawks are 2-6-2 while scoring 23 total goals (three power-play goals on 27 power-play opportunities during that span, for a conversion rate of 11.1%). They have given up 39 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Blues vs. Blackhawks Predictions for Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this matchup expects a final result of Blackhawks 4, Blues 2.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Blackhawks (+104)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: Over 5.5 (computer predicts 6.0 goals on average)<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Blackhawks (+1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=Rh2biukw1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blues Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are 33-33-12 overall and 4-12-16 in overtime matchups.<br \/>\nSt. Louis is 17-9-8 (42 points) in its 34 games decided by one goal.<br \/>\nThe 14 times this season the Blues ended a game with just one goal, they went 2-8-4 (eight points).<br \/>\nSt. Louis has scored exactly two goals in 21 games this season (5-13-3 record, 13 points).<br \/>\nThe Blues have scored three or more goals in 41 games (26-10-5, 57 points).<br \/>\nIn the 28 games when St. Louis has capitalized on a lone power-play goal, it picked up 30 points after finishing 12-10-6.<br \/>\nIn games when it has outshot its opponent, St. Louis is 14-15-3 (31 points).<br \/>\nThe Blues&#8217; opponents have had more shots in 44 games. The Blues finished 18-18-8 in those contests (44 points).<br \/>\nBlackhawks Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Blackhawks (28-37-14 overall) have posted a record of 7-14-21 in games that have gone to OT this season.<br \/>\nIn the 27 games Chicago has played that were decided by one goal, it racked up 29 points.<br \/>\nThis season the Blackhawks recorded just one goal in 15 games and they finished 0-14-1 in those matchups.<br \/>\nChicago has earned 15 points (5-11-5 record) this season when scoring a pair of goals .<br \/>\nThe Blackhawks have scored at least three goals in 38 games, earning 54 points from those contests.<br \/>\nThis season, Chicago has capitalized on a single power-play goal in 30 games has a record of 14-11-5 in those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen outshooting its opponent this season, Chicago is 11-9-4 (26 points).<br \/>\nThe Blackhawks have been outshot by opponents 52 times this season, and earned 44 points in those games.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=Rh2biukw1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Blues vs. Blackhawks Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=Rh2biukw1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: United Center in Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=Rh2biukw1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Blues play Blackhawks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Blackhawks (28-37-14), losers of five home games in a row, host the St. Louis Blues (33-33-12)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5120],"tags":[71,96,833,5,835,4,61,834,534,84,5285,5284],"class_list":{"0":"post-549719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-blues","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","10":"tag-ds-sports","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-men","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-nhl-predictions","15":"tag-professional","16":"tag-st-louis","17":"tag-st-louis-blues","18":"tag-stlouis","19":"tag-stlouisblues"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116381803578076836","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}