The NHL Stanley Cup Finals will move to Boston for Game 3 of the best of seven series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins as they face off in a pro hockey playoff game on Monday night.
Puck drop time from Boston is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBC Sports Network.
The NHL game three odds have the home team Boston Bruins favored by -120 odds with the take back on the road underdog Chicago Blackhawks at +110 odds. The goal total is lined at five goals.
So far two games in and each game has ended in overtime. The Boston Bruins knot this NHL Finals series at 1-1 following a 2-1 overtime road win in Game 2 on Saturday night as a +141 betting odds underdog. The game finished under the total of five goals.
Chicago opened up the scoring in game two as Patrick Sharp scored at even strength at 11:22 of the first period. Boston found the equalizer at 14:58 of the second period as Chris Kelly find the net. The overtime winner came at 13:48 for Boston at even strength and this time it only took one extra session to determine the winner. Boston bounced back from a tough luck 4-3 triple overtime defeat in game one to Chicago that saw the Bruins blow a two goal third period lead.
In game two the Blackhawks outshot the Bruins by a 34-28 margin with Boston winning six more face-offs. Chicago continued their horrid play on the power play going 0 of 3 while the Bruins finished 0 of 2 on the man advantage. The Boston win snapped a Blackhawks six game home win streak. The Blackhawks shoddy play on the power play reflects now a 0 of 15 conversion rate in their past 15 chances.
