Lesson 1:  Never underestimate the importance of home ice advantage.

The Detroit Red Wings completed dominated their first 2 road games and going into the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh they looked like they would sweep the series. But led by their Captain 20 year old Sidney Crosby the Penguins bounced back in game 3 to win it 3-2. Crosby scored the first two goals of the game to give the pens a definite advantage.

It still remains to be seen if they would be able to duplicate this performance in game 4. Maybe there are more lessons to be learned from the final.

 
Its over :-( 05/04/2008
 

A season which started with great promise was over in a whimper. The sens were swept by the penguins in 4 games. By doing so the pens avenged their first round exit against the sens in last year's playoff, in emphatic fashion. Since then the pens have qualified for the conference finals and they are looking very strong. They will play Philadelphia in the conference finals who have themselves defied odds to reach the finals.