Washington Capitals eliminate the Boston Bruins from the playoffs.

[Swede]

Very different playoffs this year.

[Kingofalldems]

1. Nice! Go Caps!

A sweep for all Washington teams tonight.

[Renew Deal]

2. Sounds good to me

[doublethink]

4. And this guy scored the winning goal tonight ....

I don't know .... just made it kinda special and all that. ....

[MrSlayer]

3. Whatever, bro.

Screw Thomas.

[DeSwiss]

14. And that's exactly what happened.....

- Thomas was screwn. Watch:

/the schaden freudes itself

[MaineDem]

5. COngratulations to the Caps

Nice play!

As much as I'm sorry to see the Bs lose, I'm happy that Tim T was in goal for the loss.

[KamaAina]

6. Hockey season is not supposed to be over in April, dammit!

At this point, I'm down to just the Flyers. Every single other series is a train wreck or could still become one.

[bigwillq]

7. YES!

[MaineDem]

8. Awwww, Tim Thomas is "in shock"

Just minutes after letting in the series-deciding goal three minutes into overtime, Bruins goalie Tim Thomas said he couldn't believe the team's chances at a repeat had ended so suddenly.

"I’d have to say I’m probably in shock," Thomas said after Joel Ward tapped in Mike Knuble's rebound at 2:57 of overtime. "I really believed that we were going to win tonight. I thought that, I really had a deep feeling that this wasn’t the end of the road for us tonight, that this wasn’t going to be the last game of the season. And so that’s my first reaction."

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/21194551/thomas-shock-after-game-7-loss

[joeybee12]

9. Bruins didn't have "it" in the playoffs...never played

up to their potential...you'd think after losing a couple years ago so badly they would have learned by now that you have to be on your guard at all times, but they didn't...oh well...

[Lucy Goosey]

10. It's amazing that the Caps did this with their third-string goalie

Holtby has looked really impressive.

And I guess Thomas can breathe a sigh of relief - he won't be invited to the White House this year!

Now I just hope my Sens can pull off similar upset in Madison Square Garden tonight.

[bluedigger]

11. What kept them afloat last year was missing

What kept them afloat last year was missing
In a series that saw all seven games decided by one goal (an NHL first), four of them in overtime, the seventh-seeded Washington Capitals consistently were that little bit better, shift after shift and night after night - and that in the end added up to being the team that now stands 12 victories from winning the Cup this year.

The Bruins, failing for a sixth time in franchise to history to repeat as a Cup winner, were let down in a number of crucial areas, including:

■Their best players weren’t their best players.

“That’s part of the issue, for sure,’’ noted coach Claude Julien, his club flat out of the gate in Game 7. “We needed more out of some players.’’

That was especially true of Milan Lucic and David Krejci, who combined for but one goal and six points over the seven games. But overall, as a group, the forwards failed to put sustained pressure on rookie goalie Braden Holtby, be it with good first shots or follow-up, rebound attempts.http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/articles/2012/04/26/what_kept_them_afloat_last_year_was_missing/

It was an incredibly close series, but the Caps had the edge most of the way.

Good luck to them moving forward - their franchise is overdue for some success.

[frylock]

12. always a good day when a team from boston is eliminated..

hollah!!!

[HuckleB]

13. Yeah, we're stuck with the Coyotes vs. the Predators.

WTF? Is this single A baseball?

Bad. Bad. Bad.

[JonLP24]

16. Should be a great series

heck of a goalie match-up between Rinne(.923) and Smith(.930). Both great defensive & goal-tending teams. Preds have the edge on offense but Phoenix managed to defend well against a great offensively skilled team in Chicago, trouble is Preds can play D and have a great player in front of the net.

[DeSwiss]

15. K&R n/t