Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, the Chicago Blackhawks and Los Angeles Kings faceoff for Game 4 of their Western Conference Finals best-of-seven series live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The game can be live streamed for free here. Chicago fans can hear all of the action on WGN 720 while Los Angeles fans can do the same on Fox Sports 570.
Chicago looks to win a road game and even up the series before it heads back to the United Center for Game 5 while Los Angeles seeks its third straight victory in this series to take a commanding 3-1 lead back to Chicago with it.
The Blackhawks won Game 1 by a 3-2 score before dropping Games 2 and 3 by a 6-2 and 4-3 margin respectfully to the Kings. Los Angeles handed Chcago its 10th straight road loss to open up a series and lead the playoffs with 56 goals.
The Kings have had an explosion from its second line of Tanner Pearson, Jeff Carter and Tyler Toffoli.
"That whole line has created a lot for the momentum of our hockey team throughout games," center Mike Richards told NHL.com "It seems whenever the other team's starting to create momentum or has momentum, they step up in a big way. Those three, they don't need much room. They just seem to find the areas. They're all natural goal-scorers, and especially Jeff is just a natural goal-scorer. He doesn't need much room and chances to add to the list."
Carter is second on the team with 19 points off of eight goals and 11 assists this postseason while Anze Kopitar leads the NHL playoffs in points (20) and assists (15) while adding five goals. Marian Gaborik leads the NHL in postseason goals with nine and has added six helpers for 15 points.
The Blackhawks realize its a tough task ahead of them to try and win a road game to avoid going down 3-1 in the series, but the team hopes it can play off of its past success of coming back in series.
"We've had a good track record of coming back in series, so hopefully history can repeat itself and we can do it again," Chicago right wing Patrick Kane told NHL.com. "It's not going to be easy. L.A.'s playing pretty well, and we know if they have momentum, they're maybe the best team in the League, and have been the best team in the playoffs when they do have momentum. We have to try to get it back from them and sustain it."
Kane, who has 10 points off of six goals and four assists in these playoffs.
Marian Hossa leads the Blackhawks with 14 points off of two goals and 12 assists while Jonathan Toews has eight tallies and five helpers for 13 points and defenseman Brent Seabrook has found the back of the net twice while adding nine assists for 11 points.
Corey Crawford will be between the pipes for Chicago and is 9-6 this postseason with a 2.23 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage while Los Angeles counters with Jonathan Quick in the crease, who is 10-7 in these playoffs with a 272 GAA And a.911 save percentage.
The Blackhawks look to even the series up whiel the Kings hope to take a commanding 3-1 lead when these teams hit the ice at the Staples Center in Los Angeles for Game 4 of their best-of-seven Western Conferecnce Finals series as part of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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