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Flyers 5 Blackhawks 3 - Game 4 Scoring Chances
The first came from Andrew Ladd in the game's opening seconds. The Flyers weren't able to take advantage and after the penalty had ended, it looked like that failure could be catastrophic. ...
Flyers 4 Blackhawks 3 - Game 3 Scoring Chances
There is nothing quite like playoff overtime. Whenever I see overtime in football or international hockey, I dread the shootout throughout. The ultimate resolution in the biggest game bein...
Blackhawks 2 Flyers 1 - Game 2 Scoring Chances
The second period starts slowly. There is still ample tension but the game is more subdued physically than it had been in the first. The play goes back and forth but neither team can penet...
Blackhawks 6 Flyers 5 - Game 1 Scoring Chances
This game is full of both hope and disappointment for the Flyers and their fans. They scored five goals. They shut down Chicago's top scorers. They didn't take any penalties. T...
Dave Bolland - Henrik Sedin Head to Head Scoring Chances
In reviewing the scoring chances for the Chicago - San Jose series, we've been able to discredit the notion that Dave Bolland won the battle against Joe Thornton. Yes, Bolland was starting in hi...
Sharks - Blackhawks HtH Scoring Chances
After game two, commenter Passive Voice wondered about the individual match-ups and how the scoring chances totals were playing out. The results showed that it wasn't Dave Bolland's line that wa...
Flyers and Canadiens - Series Review
I'm already looking forward to the Stanley Cup Finals but before moving forward I thought it would be worthwhile to look back and evaluate what happened in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Can...
Blackhawks - Sharks Scoring Chances Totals
A very wise man once told me, "You can have the greatest team in the history of hockey, and they can lose in the first round because the other team's goalie plays out of his mind for four games." ...
Flyers 4 Canadiens 2 - Game 5 Scoring Chances
It's an odd game that has the score close to the third period and yet has an emotionally anticlimactic final frame. But that's exactly the way it felt - at least through my computer - in Philade...
Blackhawks 4 - Sharks 2: Game Four Scoring Chances
It's difficult to win a hockey game in the NHL when only three of your top nine forwards decide to show up for a game. That's exactly what happened to the Sharks in their game four loss to Chica...
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