Canucks and Bruins One Win Away from Stanley Cup Finals

Both the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins are only one win away from a Stanley Cup Finals appearance.  Vancouver leads there series 3-1 over the San Jose Sharks and look to close there series out tonight at home.  Vancouver would benefit tremendously by closing out the series tonight giving them some much needed rest heading into the finals but San Jose isn’t going to go away without a fight.  Boston leads their series over the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 after a huge home win last night.  Tim Thomas preserved the lead late in the third with an unbelievable stick save allowing the Bruins to leave the ice with the regulation time victory.  Both of these series are far from over and don’t count on either of these series to be over in there next game.

Henrik Sedin Leads Canucks in Game Four Victory

After taking a ton of criticism from the ruthless Vancouver media over these past couple games and even dating back to the Nashville series Henrik Sedin answered back with a four-point game.  Henrik Sedin tallied four assists in game four giving the Canucks the opportunity to win the game Sunday night 4-2.  The Canucks got solid goaltending from Roberto Luongo and there defense shut down the San Jose goal scorers.  San Jose could be in trouble however due to captain and offensive leader Joe Thornton leaving game four halfway through the third period and did not return.  Joe Thornton’s status for game five is up in the air and will be a game time decision.  It’s going to be a tough road for San Jose ahead but don’t count them out just quite yet.

Tampa Bay One Loss Away From Elimination

Just a week ago it looked as if Tampa Bay was going to be unbeatable in these playoffs after recording eight straight wins however Boston now looks like the ones who are unbeatable.  Boston is playing top-notch hockey backed by goalie Tim Thomas who had a rough couple games in this series but looked like he was back in Vezina Trophy form last night.  Thomas, who recorded maybe the save of the playoffs thus far, was terrific in net and shut the door when Boston needed it most.  Tampa Bay will be back at home for a must win game six which I predict they will win sending a game seven back in Boston with a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals on the line.