The Blackhawks finished with a sparkling 31-16-1-4 road ledger.
Hockey fans will note that the Chicago Blackhawks captured their first Stanley Cup title in 49 years when they eliminated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. However, hockey bettors noticed something else during the six-game series.
Those who identified the ‘over' trend early during the series went to the cashiers window in five of the six games, including the last four in a row.
The Cup-clinching Game 6 result saw the Blackhawks defeat the Flyers in overtime as a small 110 road underdog, 4-3. It marked the first time the favorite and the home team had lost in the series.
However, the ‘over' trend continued, as the combined seven goals soared above the 5 ½-goal closing total. The lone ‘under' result occurred in Game 2 when the Blackhawks registered a 2-1 victory.
It is also worth noting that this was the only game where the ‘total' closed at six goals. All the other games in the series closed with a 5 ½-goal total.
The win lifted Chicago's final road ledger to a sizzling 31-16-1-4. Philadelphia ended its home campaign with a nifty 33-16-1-2 mark.
Jonathan Toews, the youngest captain in the league at 22 years old, hoisted the Cup as the Hawks celebrated on the ice in front of a stunned Philadelphia crowd that saw the Flyers' miraculous postseason run come to a crashing halt.
Patrick Kane scored the game-winner with just a little more than four minutes gone into overtime. Dustin Byfuglien, Patrick Sharp and Andrew Ladd also had goals. Goaltender Antti Niemi claimed his team-record 16th victory in a postseason.
Kane scored on a shot from along the goal line that eluded Michael Leighton to the far side. The puck went in like a flash and under the goal, and for a moment no one in the arena knew what had happened.
The goal light did not go on, and the play was reviewed to make sure the puck indeed had entered the net.
The Hawks were just under four minutes left in regulation from claiming the Cup when Scott Hartnell scored his second goal of the game for the Flyers to tie it at 3-3 and send it to overtime.
Philadelphia's season came to an end after 105 games - including a shoot-out win that earned a playoff berth on the last day of the regular season and an epic comeback from a 3-0 series deficit in the conference semifinals.
Once again, the Flyers did not get any production from their first line. They were a step slower most of the night and have now lost in their last six Cup Finals.
The Hawks dominated from early in the first period and outshot the Flyers, 41-24.
The loss ended a remarkable run for the Flyers, who showed more resiliency than any team in the franchise's history. Despite a slew of injuries, they defeated New Jersey in the opening round. They then overcame a 3-0 series deficit to shock Boston and crushed Montreal to reach the Finals.