Jonathan Davis liked the goals in Sharks vs Blackhawks on Wednesday, April 15, and he was not treating it like a game with any stakes beyond the box score. The Sharks were listed at -125 and the Blackhawks at +105, with the total set at 6, and Davis said the matchup was little more than a chance for a cardio workout and some stat padding.
He backed Over 6 at -120 for one unit, a number he said he had already grabbed the previous night at the same price. BetRivers was offering Over 6 at -130, and Davis also called for the Celebrini and Bedard 4+ shots on goal parlay at +139 for.50, plus Ryan Greene anytime goal at +450 for.05 and Ryan Greene to score the first Chicago goal at +1400 for.05.
The appeal was obvious enough. Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard were described as two of the game’s brightest young stars, and each had been held to one goal in the two head-to-head meetings this season. Celebrini still led the Sharks with 44 goals and 112 points, while Will Smith was second on San Jose with 55 fewer points than his linemate and had played only 67 games because of injury.
That scoring gap has not stopped San Jose from producing lately. Celebrini and Smith have scored three goals in back-to-back games and opened the scoring for the Sharks in each of those games, while Igor Chernyshov has taken advantage of his recent bump to the top line. Chicago, for its part, had Ryan Greene scoring in each of the last two games, and he opened the scoring both times.
The setup made Sharks vs Blackhawks a bet on pace more than pressure. With nothing on the line for either team, the game was the kind that can turn on youthful offense, loose structure and shots piling up quickly. Davis was willing to pay for that script, and his card leaned on the idea that the stars and secondary scorers would keep pushing the total past 6.
The same slate also included a separate look at Kraken vs Golden Knights, but the cleaner read in this game was straightforward: if Celebrini, Bedard and Greene keep generating the way they have, the scoreboard should do the rest.
