TAMPA - For those expecting the winner of the Washington-Pittsburgh series to be a lock in the Eastern Conference final, it may be time to re-evaluate.
Or at least pay a little more attention to what’s happening down here in the Sunshine State for a second consecutive spring.
In a dominant effort Sunday afternoon at Amalie Arena, the Tampa Bay Lightning swatted aside the New York Islanders with a 4-0 win and efficiently easy 4-1 win in the best-of-seven conference semi-final.
Now there’s time to rest and watch while Alex Ovechkin’s Capitals and Sidney Crosby’s Pittsburgh Penguins continue to knock the poop out of each other in the other conference semi.