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NHL Playoffs 2nd Round, Series Recap: Lightning Sweep Capitals – The Tampa Bay Lightning asserted their dominance over their Southeast Division rivals, sweeping the top seeded Washington Capitals in four straight games. When previewing this series, I wrote the following: The Washington Capitals will be playing a very familiar team, as the Lightning are built in their own image. This is a great litmus test for Alex Ovechkin and his Capitals, and the results … (This story continues here)

NHL Playoffs 2011: Will the Bruins Avoid Another Collapse Against Flyers? – NHL Playoffs 2011 See Bruins In Familiar Position Against Flyers, But Can They Avoid a Collapse This Season? The NHL playoffs 2011 find the Boston Bruins in very familiar territory in their Eastern Conference semifinal clash with the Philadelphia Flyers. After all, they led the Flyers by a very similar 3-0 margin in the Eastern Conference finals last season, only to watch as Philly took the … (This story continues here)

NHL Playoffs: Pronger Out, Philly, Washington and Detroit All Look To Win A Game – A Game" src=“http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/...” alt=“NHL Playoffs: Pronger Out, Philly, Washington and Detroit All Look To Win A Game” width=“133” height=“200” / The Flyers, Capitals and Red Wings don’t have a win, let alone enough wins to necessitate a win rack. The Philadelphia Flyers will be without Chris … (This story continues here)

NHL Playoffs 2011: 2nd Round Update, 5/4 – Western Conference Vancouver Canucks 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT) — For the second game in a row, these contenders were forced into an extra session to determine the outcome. The Canucks held a 2-1 lead until midway through the third period, when Predators winger Joel Ward pushed a goal past Roberto Luongo to tie the score and send the game into overtime. It was the second straight game that … (This story continues here)

NHL Playoffs: Lightning strikes – The second round of the NHL playoffs are well underway and here’s a quick look at some of the storylines that are developing: (This story continues here)

NHL Playoffs 2011: 2nd Round Update, 5/5 – Western Conference San Jose Sharks 4, Detroit Red Wings 3 (OT) — This series shifted to Detroit, and yet the nightmare continues to have the same result for the Red Wings. In 2010, the Sharks handily took care of the Wings in a five game semifinal matchup and that appears to be repeating itself in 2011. Devin Setoguchi was the hero for San Jose, as his goal at 9:21 in overtime gave him a hat … (This story continues here)

Commentary: NHL playoffs bring out best in sports – The Boston Bruins score their first goal past Flyers' goalie Brian Bocuher during Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference Playoffs on Monday. (This story continues here)

NHL playoffs: Lightning oust Capitals – TAMPA, Fla. —With time winding down, chants of “sweep, sweep, sweep” reverberated through the building, and the Tampa Bay Lightning kept pushing the Washington Capitals — all the way out o (This story continues here)

NHL Playoffs 2011: The Year Overtime Took Over – Nearly a third of postseason games thus far have gone to extra time, which has been thrilling for hockey fans and newcomers alike (This story continues here)

NHL playoff schedule – By United Press International NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (This story continues here)