Last night the NHL's best regular-season team, the Washington Captials completed its colossal collapse in truly spectacular fashion as they lost Game 7 of its conference quarterfinals series 2-1 to the Montreal Canadiens and became the first No. 1 seed to blow a 3-1 series lead in the playoffs to an 8-seed.
This was not the way that it was supposed to turn out for the winners of the President's trophy, not a team that had wrapped up a playoff spot since the beginning of the New Year and home to one of the best players in hockey as well as its most explosive offense.
"I'm in shock right now. I don't know what to say," the league's reigning MVP and the captain of the Capitals, Alex Ovechkin said with his voice low, his eyes staring at the floor of the locker room. "It was great going up 3-1 in the series. But it's only one step. We didn't do it." "It's a fact that we [lost], and I don't know what I have to say right now. It's a terrible feeling right now," he continued. "You know, it's hard for me, but for everybody. We know we can win, but we don't win it. It's pretty hard."
Because of the 8th seeded Canadiens upsetting the Capitals, and the fact that all three division winners in the Eastern Conference went down in the opening round, it leaves the 4th seeded Pittsburgh Penguins as the highest seeded remaining team in the East. Therefore, they will take on the Canadiens while the 7th seeded Philadelphia Flyers who upset the New Jersey Devils take on the 6th seed Boston Bruins after they defeated the Buffalo Sabres.
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