Monday Recaps: Rangers Take It Back, Bruins As Well

Big Monday hockey in the NHL, puck heads!! Pretty spectacular finishes to some games, while other teams just managed to get by and take 2-1 series leads. Why don't I just skip the intros and head straight to the recaps, shall we?

Here's Mondays recaps:
Rangers 1, Senators 0
Brian Boyle is certainly proving the difference-maker for the New York Rangers, and he's starting to become a thorn in the Senators' side. With a brilliant 1-0 win over the Senators they now take the home-ice advantage back and lead the series 2-1. Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves for his fourth NHL playoff shutout.

Bruins 4, Capitals 3
I feel sorry for Capitals fans, as Niklas Backstrom is suspending pending a hearing about a cross-check to Rich Peverley's face, but if he didn't do that and give the Bruins a 4-3 win, the Capitals probably would've lead the series. Instead, they lose out on home-ice advantage and it looks like Dale Hunter could be steaming mad after seeing the play his Capitals made in this game. This has suddenly turned into a Flyers-Penguins series, don't you think?

Blues 4, Sharks 3
Sorry Sharks fans, but the Blues are just smacking people this year. Maybe it's because they're really hungry for the Cup, or they want to bring hope back to Midwest. Either way, the Blues scored on three man-advantage goals and capped off a 4-3 victory in Game 3 and allowed them to take a 2-1 series lead. Jason Arnott, Alexander Steen, Andy McDonald, and Patrik Berglund scored while the Sharks' Brent Burns, Colin White, and Logan Couture scored for San Jose.

That's the recap for Monday. Tuesday looks to be a wild fest of contests. Hope to see you all tomorrow when I recap tonight's game. In the meantime, enjoy your hockey, puck heads!