The Pittsburg Penguins will travel to the city of brotherly love tonight to face off again their rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers in game 3 of their NHL playoff series.  Pittsburg has played well so far, winning the first two games of the series, both by scores of 4-2.  This will be the first time that Philadelphia is returning home down 2-0 for a game 3.  In their earlier NHL playoff picks series, against both Montreal and Washington they shook off opening game losses and went out to 3-1 edges.

Pittsburg is excellent in this years NHL playoffs picks, as they look like they will advance to the Stanley Cup finals with ease.  They have a total record of 10-1 in the playoffs.  In game 2, the Penguins took full advantage of their power plays by going 2 for 6.  One of the penalties was a questionable hooking call and critics are saying that they are getting all the calls.  Irregardless of this, they are capitalizing on their opportunities and punishing the Flyers.  Sidney Crosby continued to produce last game, by scoring a goal and adding 2 assists.  He has 17 points in the playoffs and is only 1 behind leader, Henrick Zetterberg.  Currently Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have the Flyers listed as even money heading into tonight’s contest.

Philadelphia is going to have to keep up its physical play if they want to be successful in the NHL Playoff betting series.  They have to do so without getting into penalty trouble.  The Flyers are hopping to make a series of this and claw their way back so they can advance to the finals for the first time since 1997.  Their big players are getting shut down by the Penguins.  Their best line of Briere, Prospal and Hartnell is being held to limited production.  They are pointless in the series and are minus 7.  They will need to get out of this slump or the Flyers slim hopes will be completely gone. 

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