The one big game in the Eastern Conference that impacted the Capitals tonight did not yield an ideal outcome, as the Bruins fell to the Rangers by a final score of 5-3. The Rangers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first 30 minutes of the game off goals from Daniel Paille, Nathan Horton, and Chris Kelly. But the Rangers came right back, scoring twice in the second and then a third time late in the third to tie the game. Michael Sauer then gave the Blueshirts the lead with just under three minutes remaining. Derek Stepan iced the game into an empty net with about a minute left to play, and the Rangers stole one inside Madison Square Garden.
This was a bad outcome for Caps fans that wanted to avoid the Rangers in the first round. For one, this is exactly why: they are crazy resilient and can come back from anything. And two, the Caps' chances of facing them went up with their jump to seventh place in the East.
Dammit :/
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