If there is one word to describe the Washington Capitals at his moment, it is embarrassing. The Tampa Bay Lightning completed their sweep by defeating the Capitals 5-3 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Dwayne Rololson was stellar again and has not lost a playoff game since Game 4 in Round 1 against Pittsburgh. Sena Bergenheim continues his storybook playoff for the Lightning with 2 goals, Ryan Malone, Marc-Andre Bergeron, and Martin St. Louis scored the others to complete the huge upset. John Erskine, Marco Sturm, and John Carlson scored for the Caps.
There really is not a feeling to describe yet another disappointing playoff for Washington. They looked nothing like the team that disposed of the Rangers in Round 1. In fact they looked like a team that did not belong in the playoffs against Tampa. Congratulation yet again to GM Steve Yzerman and first year coach Guy Boucher. The Lightning are back in the Conference Finals for the first time since 2004 when they won it all in a 7 game series against the Flames.
Elsewhere, the Bruins find themselves in that familiar territory, up 3-0 against the Flyers in Round 2. They do not need any extra motivation other than remembering what happened last year, when they became the 3rd team in NHL history to blow a 3-0 lead in a best of 7 series. The Bruins defeated the Flyers 5-1 in Game 3 and can close out the series on Friday in Boston. Zdeno Chara had two goals and Nathan Horton, David Krejci and Daniel Paille had the others for Boston. Tim Thomas was great for Boston. Andrej Meszaros scored for the Flyers, but Philly's goaltending issued continue as Boucher was pulled for the second time in the series. Now coach Peter Laviolette has to pull the 2010 magic rabbit out of the hat for the Flyers to have any chance to repeat its history.
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