OTD in Blackhawks History: Despite This Big Hit from Brian Campbell, and Late Third Period Goals, Hawks Lose Game 4 as Flyers Tie Series

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Stef
June 4, 2022 (2:19 PM)

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In the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals, home ice seemed to be a key advantage for both teams - for the first 5 games, at least. The Hawks, having the ultimate home ice advantage, took an early series lead of 2-0, after playing the first two games in Chicago. Game 3, and on this day in Blackhawks history, Game 4 - went to the Flyers.

Having fought their way to a win in OT in Game 3, the Flyers kept that momentum going and struck first, and second, in Game 4. Their first goal was actually a gift from the Hawks in the form of a PPG due to a high-sticking penalty from Tomas Kopecky. And even though that penalty came at 4:30 into the game, it was already Chicago's second, after Andrew Ladd got called for interference 36 seconds after the puck dropped.

The penalties didn't stop there, and the Hawks had to do some major kills in the second period when they racked up 3 penalties from Dave Bolland, Patrick Sharp, and Nick Boynton. No goals were scored by either side, and the score was still 3-1 going into the 3rd. Sharpy had snagged the lone goal for Chicago with a minute and a half left in the first, cutting Philly's lead in half, but Claude Giroux took it right back about 50 seconds, later.
Philadelphia opened up the scoring, again, almost 7 minutes into the third, but Chicago finally found their fight in Dave Bolland and Brian Campbell, and the pair scored two in under four minutes to get their team within one, with just over four minutes to play. The Flyers helped the Bolland goal by being down 2 men thanks to 2 penalties within a minute of each other.

Unfortunately for the Blackhawks, it was Jeff Carter (who would be a nuisance for Chicago, again, as a member of the L.A. Kings) who took away their series lead with an Empty Net goal (after a turnover from Keith) to win the game, 5-3, and tie the series at 2 games, each.

Luckily for the Blackhawks, they were heading back to Chicago for Game 5, and home ice advantage continued as they took back the series lead, and then broke the home ice spell in Game 6 as they won their first Stanley Cup in almost 40 years in the City of Brotherly Love - though probably not so much on that particular day.