The story early on in this series was goaltending, especially for Washington. Everyone knew what to expect form Thomas, nobody knew what Braden Holtby would do. He kept Washington in the first two games as they went 1-1 in two overtime games. Game 3 was a different story for both goalies, as their performance slipped and goals were scored. Also in that game: Backstrom getting an undeserved match penalty for a crosscheck that, if it happened anytime before the end of the game, would be two minutes and no one would be talking about it. Holtby went back to carrying the Caps in Game 4 to tie the series back up. Game 4 also brought back the return of the clock malfunction, as the timekeeper took 5.3 seconds to start a clock that needed an extra 0.9 seconds added on. Washington finally took a series lead in Game 5 with some late-game heroics by Benoit Pouliot, who bravely took a slashing penalty that allowed Washington to get a powerplay goal to win the game. Game 6 was all Tyler Seguin* in the later parts of the game, setting up Andrew Ference in that third before winning it in overtime. Game 7 was gut-wrenching. Washington scores, Boston ties it up, and them overtime. Glorious, glorious overtime...which ended in three minutes with Joel Ward scoring and sending Boston to the golf course early and making Washington GM McPhee look like a genius for signing him in the offseason. So now the Caps have to wait for tonight's results to see who their Round 2 opponent will be.
*The Leafs could use a guy like him.
Games
Washington Capitals 0
Boston Bruins 1 (OT)
Washington Capitals 2 (2OT)
Boston Bruins 1
Boston Bruins 4
Washington Capitals 3
Boston Bruins 1
Washington Capitals 2
Washington Capitals 4
Boston Bruins 3
Boston Bruins 4 (OT)
Washington Capitals 3
Washington Capitals 2 (OT)
Boston Bruins 1
Three Thoughts On The Series
- I'm surprised that Marchand reacted to the spear by Chimera. I was always under the impression that Marchand had no balls.
- Speaking of Marchand: If he was a representation of Nova Scotia, then that (re: my) province would be full of world class Olympic divers.
- The best comment about the Ovi-Chara duel (and I wish I remembered who said it): "It's like a Russian fly vs. a Slovak windshield."
Again, how amazing was Holtby in this series? He deserves this spot.
Play Of The Series
Since we don't want to overload on the goalie-ness (yes yes I know not a word) of this series, here is Tyler Seguin's Game 6 goal in overtime. You know, the Leafs could use a guy like him.
Hey, a Boston/Washington post and no mentioned of Thomas/Obama. It's an election miracle.
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