Sunday, June 6, 2010

Series Lead Up for Grabs in Game Five

My 100th post on Over the Boards Hockey!

PHILADELPHIA - JUNE 04: Head coach Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks yells from the bench in Game Four of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Final against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wachovia Center on June 4, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

With the Philadelphia Flyers winning games three and four, we find the series all tied up at two games a piece, leaving people a little more unsure of who is going to win the Stanley Cup. Chicago was the odds on favorite heading into the series, and especially after games one and two, but the Philadelphia Flyers have shown that they are unwilling to go down without a fight. Now this series is for the taking.

Heading back to Chicago for game five tonight, Philadelphia clearly has some momentum after coming back from a 2-0 deficit. You can be sure that the Flyers are salivating at the opportunity to go back to the Wachovia Centre with a 3-2 series lead.

Neimi and Leighton will once again be in net for their teams, while Chicago might make some line changes to get Byfuglien and Toews going. TSN projects these lines for game five tonight:

Chicago Blackhawks
Kopecky - Toews - Ladd
Byfuglien - Sharp - Hossa
Versteeg - Bolland - Kane
Brouwer - Madden - Eager
Keith - Seabrook
Hjarmalsson - Sopel
Boynton - Campbell

Philadelphia Flyers
Gagne - Richards - Carter
Hartnell - Briere - Leino
Van Riemsdyk - Giroux - Asham
Powe - Betts - Laperriere
Pronger - Carle
Timonen - Coburn
Bartulis - Krajicek

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