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The sports betting SEO community (not the betting search engine optimization guys) has been following the Flyers-Bruins series - and the betting - very closely. It has reached a fever pitch as Philadelphia has come back from an 0-3 deficit to tie the series up at three games apiece, setting the stage for a massive Game 7 showdown in Boston. Can they overcome the odds?

The Flyers edged the Bruins 2-1 on Wednesday to send the series back to Beantown for the deciding game, and now they have a chance to become just the third team in NHL playoff history to come back from an 0-3 hole. The first came in 1942, when Toronto stunned Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals, and then in 1975, the New York Islanders came back to do it against Pittsburgh in the second round of the playoffs. The New York Rangers battled back to tie their semifinal series with Boston in 1939, but ended up losing Game 7 in double overtime. So it's not very likely, but given the way that Philadelphia has been playing, it's definitely possible.

The Bruins are favored at -125 in this critical Game 7, and they've scored just one goal in the last two games. The Flyers replaced the injured Brian Boucher in goal with Michael Leighton, and he played extremely well in the Flyers' 2-1 win, and they also got a massive performance from captain Mike Richards, who had a goal and an assist, as well as a couple of big shot blocks. The defense has also played very well in front of the goalie, keeping the Bruins at one shot, and then getting rid of the rebound. An upset by Philadelphia on Friday isn't out of the question, not by a longshot. We see these types of upsets on the football odds and online horse racing betting all the time.