NHL:Chicago vs San Jose Sharks -by tommygold
But follow the elimination of the best team in the regular season, Washington Capitals, and then couple more lessons for defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Both series ended after the seventh games.That may have influenced to Montreal enter the final series of the east a little more tired, so were followed two poor games in the final. But after the last match, it is obvious that the Canadiens have great quality and the full right to be hoping for a big final against probably Chicago, which leads to 3-0 against San Jose in the Western Conference finals.
On the other hand,Philadelphia Flyers is also a great surprise of this play off. Participation in play off Flyers won in the final game of the regular season against a direct rival NY Rangers and that was after penalty shoot out. And now they are struggling to participate in a final.
The first oponent in play off was New Jersey, who was one of the major favorites for the title, and it was very easy 4-1 win for Philadelphia, and then an amazing series against the Boston Bruins who finished 4-3 in the favor of Philadelphia. Boston elimination by Philadelphia is not so strange because Boston the regular season were finished sixth in the East, meaning just above Philadelphia. But it was a miraculous, way in which the Flyers were able to come to final. They were down 0-3 in a series against Boston, but came to 3-3 and then in the seventh game in Boston they were three goals in deficit (0-3), but they won the match 4-3. That success seems to gave them wings, so they continued in the same rhythm and easily won the first two games against Montreal Canadiens. But now is totally different story. Result is 2-1, followed by another match in Canada. My opinion is that if Philadelphia wants to qualify for the big final,they will have to win on their ice in the fifth and seventh game, while in the ice of Montreal seems to me that they are without any chances for a favorable result.
The odds found on Betfair: 2.22
10/10 on Montreal Canadiens at 2.30 with Expekt (Fixed Odds)