Philadelphia Flyers host Boston Bruins on Sunday night
- March 26th, 2011
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The Philadelphia Flyers hopes to tighten its hold on the National Hockey League (NHL) leadership in the Eastern Conference when they play host to the Boston Bruins on Sunday evening.The home-team Philadelphia Flyers (45-19-10) are the odds on favorite to win over the Boston Bruins (41-23-10) due to their superior record in the current NHL season.
The Philadelphia Flyers have blast this year as they won enough games to clinch a playoff spot and take the leadership in the NHL Eastern Conference.Coming off a victory 4-1 over the New York Islanders on Saturday, the Flyers are very confident that they could continue their winning streak and list the Boston Bruins among its victims this year.
The Flyers are on a roll and they are very focused on keeping their momentum by defeating the underdog Bruins in their game.Playing in-front of its fans, the Bruins have every reason to win over the Bruins all they have to do is to execute their game-plan well.
To defeat the dangerous Bruins, the Flyers need to play at their best come game-time.Flyers stars Van Riemsdyk and Claude Giroux also need to play huge in their game bring another win to the home-team.The visiting Bruins for its part can pull an upset if they can play with 101 percent efforts and their hearts out come game-time against the Flyers.
The Bruins might be the underdog in this game but they are very capable of beating the Flyers since they are 9-1-2 in their last 12 regular-season visits to Philadelphia, winning the last two by a combined 8-1 score.The Bruins are very determined to win this game so that they can finally get one of the slots available in the forthcoming NHL season.
To defeat the home-team Flyers, Bruins dependable goaltender Tim Thomas needs to be at his best elements defensively to stop the Flyers from scoring big against them.Aside from Thomas, the rest of the Bruins team also needs to give their A-game come game-time.
The odds of winning might be slim but the Bruins can still pull an upset if they play huge on game day against the Flyers.
