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Chicago Blackhawks vs. Philadelphia Flyers – Game 4 Review
By admin | June 5, 2010
The way the Flyers and Blackhawks have traded goals in the series, it felt like a swap meet. In the third period of Game 4, Philadelphia found itself with some extra room to work with.
On Friday night, Philadelphia withstood a late surge by Chicago and beat the Blackhawks by 5-3. In the first period, Mike Richards, Matt Carle and Claude Giroux all scored goals. Goalie Michael Leighton and the Flyers have bounced back to tie the series at 2, with two straight home victories by a total of three goals.
To help the Flyers become the first team this series to win a game by more than one goal, to help the Flyers become the first team this series to win a game by more than one goal. The Flyers are now trying to become the third team to win a Stanley Cup after losing the first two on the road. The Flyers are the ones who became the third team in NHL history to win a series after trailing 3-0 in the second round of these playoffs.
With 4:10 left, Chicago’s Dave Bolland and Brian Campbell scored to slice the deficit to one. In the third, the Flyers were attacked and outplayed by the Blackhawks, leaving them hopeful they can carry that back home.
For Chicago’s first power-play goal of the game, Bolland sent one past Leighton. In Game, they entered 0 for 6 and went 1 for 3.
When Campbell shot appeared to deflect off Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen’s stick, he made it 4-3 and this silenced the Flyers crowd.
For the man-advantage, Chicago pulled Antti Niemi but Carter slid in the empty-netter. Until the first period, Philadelphia had not held a two-goal lead in the final all series.
Richards struck with a quick steal and scored his first goal of the final. His backhanded flip toward the net stunned Niemi.
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