Boston 20, Philadelphia 7, those are the amount of goals scored by each team during their 2011 NHL Eastern Conference Semifinal Playoff series. Philadelphia would make no history in 2011, like the history they made in 2010 versus the Boston Bruins. Boston capped a second round four games to none sweep. Philadelphia continued to change goaltenders, while Boston stuck with Tim Thomas. Thomas closed out Philadelphia 5-1 in Game 4, in front of the home crowd. Bruins fans cheered after Boston took the lead for good in the 3rd period, then they begin to pour in on. Boston simply outplayed, out hit and wanted it more than Philadelphia. Many experts will point to the Flyers not having Pronger. However even without your leader and top defensive player, Philadelphia needed more effort throughout the series. Philadelphia won their division and led the Eastern Conference in points most of the season, before finishing number two and winning a seven game first round series versus Buffalo. Boston seems to be clicking at the correct time, they appear in the conference finals for the first time since 1992. Waiting for Boston will be the Tampa Bay Lightning. Someone will have to lose eventually as both teams swept their way to the next round.
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