I think it would be foolish to draw a line from Boston’s first-round upset to something deeper – they ran into a white-hot Sergei Bobrovsky, and the goaltending they leaned on to blow through the East during the regular season evaporated when they needed it most.Īnd then there are the Pittsburgh Penguins – recent winners of two titles (2016 and 17), and three total in the Sidney Crosby era. We see sizable upsets in the Stanley Cup Playoffs more frequently than other North American leagues, in large part because of inherent volatility and randomness in our low-scoring sport. The team was shockingly upset in the first round by the Florida Panthers, who would go on to represent the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Final. Perhaps that’s a surprising question, considering Boston is fresh off the most dominant regular season in history, besting the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens in Jim Montgomery’s first season behind the bench. What’s next for the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins?
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