Blackhawks Beat Flyers 6-4 in Cup Finals Opener, Top Lines Regroup at LinesMaker

Blackhawks Beat Flyers 6–4 in Cup Finals Opener, Top Lines Regroup

Chris Pronger, a 6-foot-6 player, played about half of the series-opening game for the Fly­ers and has suc­ceeded in keep­ing the Black­hawks capa­ble top line at bay.

Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and Dustin Byfuglien, the Chicago champs, went with­out a point and pooled for a minus-9 rat­ing, cred­ited to both ol’ and Pronger’s painstak­ing efforts on the blue line.

See­ing that Philadel­phia gave up six goals and lost Game 1 of the Stan­ley Cup finals, Chicago’s win, espe­cially at home where they were mostly out­skated, is not a promis­ing sign for the Fly­ers and their 35-year run with­out a championship.

“I think from the get-go we believe we can beat that team,” Pronger said, “Do we need to tighten up a few things and play bet­ter defen­sively? Absolutely. That’s why it’s a best-of-seven series.” He played 32 min­utes, 21 sec­onds and recorded five shots on goal, four hits, two blocked shots and two assists through the 6–5 loss in Game 1 on Saturday.

Both the teams, the Fly­ers and the Black­hawks are look­ing for­ward to have more punch from top lines in Game 2, fol­low­ing this high-scoring opener.

The bet­ting excite­ment is at its peak fol­low­ing this game. Cur­rently, the Fly­ers are the favorite on the spread with 170 points, while the Black­hawks have 155 points. How­ever, on money line the Fly­ers are the heavy under­dogs and you can wager $100 to win $ 165, while you can lay $190 to win $ 100. All enthu­si­as­tic bet­tors can visit Lines­Maker to make their bets.

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