Playoffs Day 42

THE PENGUINS ARE GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP FINAL. They beat the Lightning 2-1 in game seven and touched the Prince of Wales trophy. The reason is because in 2008 they didn't touch it and lost, but in 2009 they touched it and won. The game was very close, but the Lightning were out shot severely in the game. Also Steven Stamkos returned for the Lightning for the game, but only got a few shots. Bryan Rust played hero for the Penguins with two goals in the game with the second one being a lucky one. Bryan Rust as I said got the first one when he got a pass from Chris Kunitz while skating in the zone with speed and shot it in top shelf from the point. Jonathan Drouin tied it up for the Lightning and got the last goal for the Lightning this season when he got by Brian Dumoulin and fired it in top shelf. Bryan Rust got the last one of the game and game winner when Lovejoy's shot hit the board and Andrej Vasilevskiy tried to pick it up with his glove, but couldn't get it and the puck was left out for Rust to shove it in. The Penguins had a disallowed empty net goal when the puck hit someone on the Penguin's bench before it got put in the net. The Penguins will play the Sharks for the Stanley Cup and the NHL finally gets some new teams playing for the Stanley Cup. I'll do a Stanley Cup Final preview so watch out for that. The finals start on Memorial Day on the 30th and the Penguins have home ice advantage for that series as well. The Lightning did not get to go back to the finals for the second year in a row like they hoped, but they had to fight through injury after injury and the Lightning had an amazing playoff run, hopefully they'll be better for next year. Could the Lightning have won the game? Will touching the trophy work for the Penguins again? Who will win the Cup? stay tuned....