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Lightning sweep past Caps
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May 6, 2011, Friday
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THE Tampa Bay Lightning completed a shock 4-0 sweep of Eastern top seeds Washington on Wednesday, while Boston and San Jose each took 3-0 series leads to move one win away from reaching the Conference finals.
The Lightning, playing in the postseason for the first time in four years, beat the Caps 5-3 to record their seventh consecutive win and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Meanwhile, Boston defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-1 and San Jose captured a 4-3 overtime triumph over the Detroit Red Wings to leave them in pole position to advance.
In Tampa, the home side took the lead through Ryan Malone's power-play goal at 12:37 of the first but Washington's Marco Strum tied the score with 90 seconds left in the period.
Sean Bergenheim scored twice to give the Bolts a two-goal cushion in the second before John Erskine trimmed the lead to 3-2 at 13:40 in the period.
Tampa Bay's Marc-Andre Bergeron and Martin St. Louis scored in the third, while Washington's John Carlson also tallied.
It was yet another post-season disaster for Washington, which has won four consecutive Southeast Division titles but failed to advance beyond the second round of the playoffs since 1998.
In Boston, the Bruins are one step away from erasing last season's playoff collapse.
The Bruins held the same advantage in last season's second round series against Philadelphia before the Flyers rallied to win four in a row and eliminate Boston. Goaltender Tim Thomas had another outstanding performance with 37 stops.
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