Lightning Vs. Bruins, Game 7: Boston Advances To Stanley Cup Finals With 1-0 Win

But at the end of the day, it was a game seven. And history matters little in a game seven.

It wasn’t a game void of chances, but it was a game that the goaltenders both kept interesting.

The Boston Bruins finally broke through in the third period of a scoreless Game 7, and it was Nathan Horton who did it. The Bruins advance to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1990, and defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 at TD Garden to win the Prince of Wales Trophy.

It was a largely Boston dominated first period shotwise, though Tampa Bay made it very much an end-to-end game during long stretches. Boston out-shot Tampa 15-9 in the opening frame. Dwayne Roloson was superb, making a save on the period’s only break-away, on Milan Lucic. Tim Thomas was also solid. All in all, though both teams got chances, with the exception of the Lucic break-away, most of them were very much stoppable chances. And the one great scoring chance got stopped.

Boston and Tampa Bay wiped the floor with those opponents, sweeping them in convincing fashion to advance to these Conference Finals. Game 7 is the only way to properly end this series between, as evidenced, the two best teams in the East this season.

For more on Friday’s Game 7, check in with our Eastern Conference Final series hub, as well as our blogs: Raw Charge covering the Lightning and Stanley Cup of Chowder covering the Bruins.