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The Chicago Blackhawks will look to bounce back when they take the ice in Game 4 of their best of seven NHL Stanley Cup Finals playoff series against the Boston Bruins in a pro hockey game on Tuesday night. Start time for game four is set for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by the NBC Sports Network. The game four betting odds from this NHL playoff game have the home side Boston Bruins favored by -140 odds with the return on the road underdog Chicago Blackhawks at +120 odds. The goal total is lined at 4 ½ goals. The Boston Bruins go up 2-1 in this best of seven NHL Stanley Cup Finals playoff series after a 2-0 home victory in game three against the Chicago Blackhawks as a -125 betting odds favorite. The goal total landed under five goals. Boston opened up the scoring at the 2:13 mark of the second period and found the net at 14:05 to go up 2-0 as Patrice Bergeron scored on the power play to give the Bruins a two goal cushion at the second intermission. There was no further scoring and Boston is up 2-1 and hosting game four. Boston was dominant in the victory as they outshot the Blackhawks by a 35-28 margin and won the face-off battle by a 40-16 differential. The Bruins went 1 of 4 on the power play and the Blackhawks go 0 of 5 on the man advantage. Chicago is now 0 of 20 in their past 20 power play opportunities. They do have some excuse facing outstanding defensive teams in the LA Kings and Boston Bruins in that stretch. In the Stanley Cup Finals Blackhawks left wing Bryan Bickell has no goals or assists in the first three games of this series. Chicago right wing Marion Hossa an impacted player on the ice missed game three with an upper body injury. He is questionable for game four.