3/17/2014

Black Hawk against flyers

Chicago Blackhawks and Philadelphia Flyers are in the same position each meeting , but only one is present on the Internet home ice advantage in the first round .

This is not the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Flyers will go to a three -game winning streak Tuesday night , they opened for the Blackhawks , who are not familiar with the area looking four teams in the Western Conference standings, four games at home .

Philadelphia ( 35-25-7 ) improved to 9-2-1 from 2 to complete the home and home sweep of Pittsburgh began with the 4-3 victory Sunday .

Although the Flyers Penguins 15 points behind urban areas, they put forward a point of Columbus and the New York Rangers , a position that will make their home cities of the third seed in the playoffs in the first round of the ice .

" I think our team will get this confidence , " coach Craig Berube said. "Any time you come in , you can beat Pittsburgh twice , which is a big boost ."

Flyers lot of recent success can be attributed to their special teams. Philadelphia went 37 with the man advantage in the weekend series , killing all nine power-play opportunities for the world's top-ranked Penguins and scored two goals short hand .

Since February 1 , the probability of the power play has converted 24.4 percent , while killing thwarted by 87.0 percentage points.

' Power play was good and again the penalty kill was good, " said Boru after Sunday's victory. "A lot of shots , a lot of opportunities , we played a very solid game ."

Claude Giroux assist the parties in Wayne Simmonds ' first period power-play goals and 12 points a game in July , he also has nine points in his last four regular-season games against the Bulls .

Steve Mason won the eighth in 11 starts , although his most recent fight , the Blackhawks did not go well. Mason is 0-6-1 with a 4.04 goals against average and .857 save percentage in eight games against the Bulls since November 10, 2011 .

He had to reduce the backup and former cheap Blackhawks jersey goalie Ray Emery in the only meeting this season . Emery , from February 27 who have not played because of a groin injury , allowing 18 shots in a 7-2 loss in six goals .

Seven different Blackhawks scored , Patrick Sharp had a goal and two assists against his former club , and Marian Hossa recorded three assists .

Hossa also help Blackhawks ( 39-15-14 ) listed in the 4-1 home win over Detroit on Sunday . After missing five games with upper body injury , Hossa return with a goal and two assists, and Chicago improved to 13-0-1 in his many games .

"He changed the way we look at the match , color our trip, said:" The coach Joel Quenneville, his team went 2-3-0 with Hossa out of the lineup, and held two into four games ball. "We seem to have a lot more hockey when he was there , he made some nice plays and finished he does have some nice jumps to his game , too , which allows him to come back a lot tonight difference . "

Corey - Crawford made ??19 save and improved to 3-1-0 since March 6 with a 1.51 GAA, but his team is in the Central Division , one point behind Colorado third.

Chicago is looking for , as well as to win their first Stanley Cup victory in Philadelphia in June 9, 2010 . As its only return in a 5-4 loss since January 5, 2012 .

Fellow forward Brandon Saad missed the third period against the Pistons , upper body injury , is considered day-to- day.

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