The Chicago Blackhawks look to end their 49-year Stanley Cup drought with a Game 6 road win against the Philadelphia Flyers. The puck drops at 8 PM ET on NBC.
The Game 6 Stanley Cup odds are a pick ‘em with both teams listed at -110.
The Chicago Blackhawks are coming off of their most dominant performance of the playoffs after a 7-4 victory in which pretty much every aspect of their game looked good.
Dustin Byfuglien ended his scoring slump with two goals while Patrick Kane reasserted himself in this series with a goal and an assist.
Chicago’s power play went 2 for 4 after being 0 for the series through the first four games and they were perfect on the penalty kill for the first time.
The Philadelphia Flyers will need to ignore all of the hype surrounding the Blackhawks and do the things that won them Games 3 and 4 and kept them close in Games 1 and 2.
Chris Pronger has been public enemy number one for Blackhawks backers, but he was -5 in Game 5. Pronger will need to be a rock on defense and a contributor on offense for the Flyers to stave off elimination.
The other key for the Flyers is goaltending. It hasn’t been good enough for them in the finals and that has to stop tonight.
The Flyers are 9-1 at home in the post-season and the home team has won every game in this series.