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NHL: Desperation fuels Philadelphia Flyers
2021-06-04

Things looked bleak at times for the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals as they faced going down a seemingly insurmountable three games to none. Yet, they persevered and now have the chance to even the set at two games apiece with another home win over the Blackhawks. oddsmakers aren’t quite as confident in Philadelphia’s chances here as they were in Game 3, installing the Flyers as -115 favorites after a -130 price on Wednesday.

Forget about all the other remarkable aspects the Flyers have done just to be in the Stanley Cup Finals, what they had to overcome emotionally in Game 3 was plenty. Down 2-0 in the finals, Philadelphia needed video replay to take a 2-1 lead in the second period. Chicago roared back to take a 3-2 lead in the third period before stunned Philly fans, yet 20 seconds later Ville Leino tied the score at 3-all.

Off they went to overtime knowing any fluky Chicago goal would for all intents and purposes end their season. The Flyers Claude Giroux redirected Matt Carle’s pass past Antti Niemi for the game winner at the 5:59 mark, but only after having video replay confirm an early goal the Flyers crowd had thought had ended the contest at that juncture.

This is how everything is done hockey-wise in Philadelphia these days.

“Like I said this morning (Wednesday), 2-0 for us is comfortable,” coach Flyers Peter Laviolette said. “We’re OK with that. We know how to battle through it.” Philadelphia is up to 13-7 in the postseason after the victory.

Chicago has been fantastic in stopping the Flyers top scoring unit led by Mike Richards, who have all but invisible. The Hawks should start turning attention to Leino, Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell line, who are doing most of the damage for Philadelphia.

The Blackhawks seven game road winning streak was snapped and though beaten, they are hardly down, knowing they could have just as easily been up 3-0 in the series.

“Right now it looks like they have the momentum in the series,” Patrick Kane said. “But if we take Game 4, then we put ourselves in a great position to go back and play in front of our home crowd and hopefully win it there.” Chicago is 8-1 on the road if the opponent has won 60 percent or more of their home games.

has Philadelphia as -115 money line favorites to even the series, with total once again Ov5.5. The Flyers are 11-1 in their last dozen favorite roles and 7-1 UNDER after a home game where both teams scored three or more goals this season. Chicago enters next contest as a treacherous road underdog with 11-1 mark and 20-9 UNDER off a loss.

Philadelphia has defeated Chicago nine consecutive times in the City of Brotherly Love and is 7-0 after winning previous game in overtime.

The VERSUS Network will have Game 4 at 8:00 Eastern. The StatFox Power Line shows Chicago -112, indicating an upset is possible.

The Vancouver Canucks finished the regular season with 49 wins and 28 losses. For 103 points.. They also lead the Western Conference in goals with 272. Chicago had a record of 52- 22 good for 112 points. They faced each other four times during the season. They split it evenly 2 wins for each. Each team also won one game on the road.

Vancouver defeated the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 in Los Angeles in game six to advance to the semi final round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. One important factor that aided Vancouver was the fact that the Kings were 0-5 in the power play during game 6 thanks to the penalty killing of the Canucks.

Vancouver and Chicago met in the playoffs last year. The Black Hawks knocked off the Canucks four games to two winning the conference title for the first time since 1995. This is going to be a good match up this year. These are the matchups that NHL bettors dream about. The savvy NHL bettor will find the best situations to bet on in NHL hockey.

Henrik and Daniel Sedin the talented twins will lead Vancouver on the ice with their outstanding abilities to both score and pass. Henrik Sedin finished the regular season with 112 points. Daniel had 85 points but only played in 63 games because of a broken foot. Chicago will need to control the Sedin brothers during the games if they want to win and advance to the finals for the Stanley Cup. Henrick lead the NHL in scoring this season and is a finalist for the Hart Trophy, given to the leagues MVP. During the playoffs so far Daniel had four goals and six assists. Henrik scored one goal and seven assists. Mikael Samuelsson had seven goals and four assists. Samuelsson also led the NHL in goals during the first round of the playoffs. Both he and Daniel Sedin made double-digit points. Henrick lead in assists and scored only one goal.

The Chicago Black Hawks are a favorite this year and have the home ice advantage. As far as talent and superstars goes Chicago has Patrick Kane. He led the team in scoring during the regular season. He had 30 goals and 58 assists. Other top producers for the Black Hawks are Duncan Keith who scored 14 goals and had 55 assists and Jonathan Toews with 25 goals and 43 assists. Toews only played in 76 regular season games. Jonathan Toews lead Chicago in the first round with eight points and most of them came in the final three games of the series.

To get to the semi finals the Black Hawks had to defeat the Nashville Predators in six games. Nashville started strong by winning the first game 4-1. The Black Hawks came back to win the second game 2-0. The Predators won game three 4-1 again. Chicago then came back and won the next three games 3-0, 5-4, and 5-3.

This match up is going to be an offensive battle between the Canucks and the Black Hawks and they do have a long history of not liking each other, which adds to the excitement. It should be a very offensive series with plenty of checking and action and probably some drama as these teams have along history of strong dislike for each other. Vancouver will be looking to get back for the defeat from last season that eliminated them. They had lead the series 2 games to 1 . In game four the Black Hawks came back to win in OT and then went on to win the next two games and clinch the series.

Goal tending will also play a big part in this series. Vancouver's Roberto Luongo, who led team Canada in their gold medal victory during the Olympics, was 2-2 against the Black Hawks this year. He gave up 7 goals last season in the final game against Chicago. The rookie Antti Niemi of the Black Hawks was 1-2 against Vancouver with one shut out. He had two shut outs against the Predators in the first four games. This included a power play goal and a couple of assists to help Chicago win game six

The key to winning this series is in the strong offense of both teams. The goalies will be working hard to keep the puck out of the goal. I think it will be Chicago in 7 games. Who do you think will win? Get over to www.here where everybody bets on NHL hockey.