Penguins route Capitals, advance to Eastern Conference Finals

How gratifying was that? After hotly contested, strenuous series, the Pittsburgh Penguins blew the Washington Capitals out of the water in this one by a 6-2 margin.

Bill Guerin scored what would go down as the winning goal just after puck drop in the second period. Also scoring for the Penguins were Sidney Crosby twice, Craig Adams, Kris Letang, and Jordan Staal.

Crosby capped off what was a fantastic individual series by stealing the puck from his adversary Alex Ovechkin and beating Jose Theodore cleanly after a long breakaway for his second goal of the game.

Sergei Gonchar returned from a knee injury and assisted on Crosby's game opening goal.

While the league may have been dismayed to see such a great series end with such an anti-climactic contest, it will remain irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

The Pens put on a great team effort when they needed it most.