Philly Flyers Stun Pens, Cinderella Run in Eastern Conference

0:00On April 23rd, Philadelphia Flyers just became the first team to snag three wins in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, dropping the Pittsburgh Penguins. In a three-nothing series lead, coming in as massive underdogs with plus 7,000 odds to hoist the cup, nobody saw this coming from the Philly Squad. Before the playoffs kicked off, only the Anaheim Ducks had longer odds at plus 8,000, and the Flyers were the longest shots in the East. But after stealing Game 1 on the road in Pittsburgh, their odds have to plus 3,000, and now they're sitting pretty between plus 2. Thousand at Fandall, and plus 3,500 at Draft Kings. Fans and odds-makers are buzzing because this is Philly's first shot at a series win since 2020. That 5-2 victory in Game 3 on Wednesday night has everyone rethinking the Eastern Conference race, where it's wide open for Cinderella. Game 4 goes down Saturday night in Philly, where the Flyers could sweep the pens and punch their ticket to Round 2.

1:01There, they tangle with either the Carolina Hurricanes, up two games to none, or the Ottawa Senators. The path ahead looks smoother in the East than the Brutal West, so if Philly keeps this momentum, those odds will keep climbing as they chase that. Allusive Cup. From your team, powered by AI, this is NHL News today.