2018 PLAYOFFS - scores/sched

that's not true. the St. Louis Blues did it back in 1968.

 

Capitals rough up Lightning to force Game 7 in East final

T.J. Oshie and Devante Smith-Pelly scored, Braden Holtby stopped all 24 shots he faced and the Washington Capitals beat up the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 Monday night to even the Eastern Conference final and force a deciding Game 7.

Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson and Brooks Orpik led the charge, throwing their bodies around all night in Game 6. Tampa Bay got 31 saves from goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy in another impressive showing but had no answer for Washington's hit-everything-that-moves approach facing elimination at home.

 

I think I saw a stat last night, this will be the 4th straight year of a Eastern Conference Final Game 7 !!! Love it !

 

Ovechkin, Holtsby shine in Game 7, Caps beat Lightning 4-0

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Alex Ovechkin lifted the Prince of Wales Trophy, spun around and set it back down on a table.

The rest of the Capitals joined him for a team photo after beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Wednesday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final, a victory that sent Washington to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 20 years.

A decade of playoff frustration is fading fast.

"I think Ovie has been on a mission," Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. "They wanted this game, no question."

Ovechkin scored early and Andre Burakovsky added two second-period goals as the Caps continued to shed a label as postseason underachievers.

Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots for his second straight shutout and the Lightning, who led the NHL in goals during the regular season, failed to score in the last 159 minutes, 27 seconds of the series -- a stretch of nearly eight periods.

Ovechkin, who had never advanced beyond the second round, scored 1:02 into the winner-take-all showdown he had described as probably the "biggest game in my life."

"The first goal was very important," Ovechkin said. "After that you could see we have all the momentum on our side. Holts was unstoppable today. He was special. Everybody was all in. Everybody was sacrificing their bodies. I think we all deserve the win."

 

BCGE!!!

<on my phone - not sure if the image stuck>

It’s Fleury stroking it ... after blocking Ovi’s shot last year in DC.

 

no picture halo.

 

Of course. Well, just use your pornographic memory.

 

I wonder why they're starting on monday instead of saturday.

 

NBA Finals ? Beats me.

 

Yes its true the Blues did it first but it was rigged.

 

Glenn Hall= MAF?

 

Glenn Hall is 86 and from Humboltd.

 

Glenn Hall won the Conn Smythe in a losing effort that year !!

 

He played for humboltd 70 years ago.