Live Betting: Blackhawks-Bruins Game One

The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins take to the ice tonight to begin the first Stanley Cup Finals matchup between two "original six teams" since Montreal played the New York Rangers in 1979. While the Blackhawks worked harder to get here, they'll start heavy favorites in Game One and the entire Stanley Cup Finals series.

Chicago were the NHL's best team during the regular season, finishing top of the West and 15 points ahead of Boston, the East's fourth seed, despite the season being shortened to 48 games. They went 12-6 in the first three rounds of the postseason but took five games to beat the LA Kings while Boston dispatched Pittsburgh in four.

The Blackhawks' hopes rest on a number of players, including: Marian Hossa, who has seven playoff goals, Bryan Bickell, who scored at least one point in each game vs the Kings, and Corey Crawford, the top performing playoff goalie. Boston will need defenders like Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg to shut down Chicago's stars.

William Hill Sports brings you pre-game betting on all Stanley Cup Finals games just as it has done for the playoffs so far. In series betting, the online sportsbook offers the following odds: Chicago, 4/6, Boston, 5/4. In Game One betting: Chicago, 20/29 and 2/1 at -1.5 on Puck Line, Boston, 5/4 and 5/12 at +1.5 on Puck Line.

Hill is offering dozens of markets on NHL Finals Game One including: Match Markets such as First Goalscorer and Total Goals, Period Betting, Goals Markets such as Total Home Goals, plus a headline offer (David Krejci to score and Bruins to win, 9/2, Patrick Sharp to score and Chicago to win, 2/1).

This top online sportsbook will continue to offer its customers the option of betting live on the NHL finals throughout all games in the series. Simply log-in through the in-play betting function and place a wager on match result or play-by-scenarios as the players fight it out on the ice.