Desperate Flyers happy to be home
By Hank Harris • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: NHLThe Philadelphia Flyers will be trying to get back into the Stanley Cup Finals when they host the Chicago Blackhawks for Game 3 on Wednesday (8:05 pm ET, NBC).
The Flyers are a -130 moneyline favorite and the over/under total is 5.5 in NHL Odds.
Chicago leads the best-of-seven series 2-0 after winning the first two games at home.
The Blackhawks won Game 2 by a 2-1 score on Monday night as a -190 moneyline favorite. The score went under the over/under total of 6.
Chicago was 52-22-8 SU during the regular season while Philadelphia was 41-35-6 SU.
Chicago is 5-0 SU both in its last five games overall and its last five on the road. The total has gone over in four of Chicago’s last six games on the road.
The total has gone under in eight of the last 11 meetings in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games and 5-0 SU in its last five games at home.
Chicago defenseman Kim Johnsson is out indefinitely with a head injury and forward Andrew Ladd is day-to-day with an upper body injury. For the Flyers, goalie Ray Emery is out with a hip injury.
Hank Harris is a professional writer with more than 25 years experience. He has written on sports betting and gambling for more than a decade of that time. He covers all sports, from the NFL to the NBA to NCAA College.
He is originally from the Boston area and is now based out of Las Vegas.
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