Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Bruins Oust Habs In OT of Game Seven; Lightning Come Back From 3-1 Series Deficit To Oust Penguins With Road Win In Decider

The opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs concluded with two games played on Wednesday, both game sevens, both in the Eastern Conference.


At Boston:


Nathan Horton scored the winning goal at 5:43 of overtime as the Boston Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadians 4-3 to win their conference quarterfinal series four games to three.


At Pittsburgh:


The Tampa Bay Lightning came back from a three-games-to-one deficit to upend the Pittsburgh Penguins with a 1-0 road win in game seven and take their first-round series four games to three.  Sean Bergenheim scored the game's only goal at 5:41 of the second period while Dwayne Roloson stopped all 36 Pittsburgh shots.


Here are the matchups for the conference semifinals, the clubs with the initial home-ice advantage listed first.


Eastern Conference:


Washington vs. Tampa Bay


Boston vs. Philadelphia (rematch of last year's conference semifinal series which saw the Flyers come back from a three-games-to-none deficit to win the series in seven games)


Western Conference:


Vancouver vs. Nashville


San Jose vs. Detroit



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