The Chicago Blackhawks will face off in Game 4 of their best of seven Western conference finals series against the LA Kings in a pro hockey game on Thursday night. <br /><br />The Blackhawks and Kings will start from Staples Center in Los Angeles at 9PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by NBC Sports Network. <br /><br />The NHL playoff odds for game four have the home team LA Kings favored by -112 odds with the take back on the road underdog Chicago Blackhawks at +102 odds. The goal total is lined at 4 ½ goals. <br /><br />LA Kings cut the Blackhawks margin to 2-1 in this NHL playoff series following a game three 3-1 victory against Chicago as a -113 betting odds home favorite. The game finished under the total of five goals. <br /><br />LA opened up the scoring at 3:21 of the first period as Justin Williams scored at even strength. The Kings extended the lead to 2-0 as Slava Voynov breaks his stick and the puck still finds the net at even strength at 6:37 of the second period. The Blackhawks then cut the margin to 2-1 as Bryan Bickell scores in front of the net. Dwight King sealed the win for Los Angeles with an empty net goal at 19:32 of the third period. <br /><br />LA down 2-0 in the series entering game three outshot the Blackhawks by a 28-20 margin and won ten more face-offs. Chicago goes 0 of 2 on the power play while the Kings are 0 of 5 on the man advantage. For the series the Kings are 1 of 11 on the power play. The Kings have been without center Mike Richards, due to concussion symptoms, and has missed the past two games. Richards is listed as questionable for Thursday.
