Schedule and 2010-11 Results
Regular Season Records: Washington 48-23-11=107pts, Tampa Bay 46-25-11=103pts
Game 1 on Friday, 29 April: Tampa Bay wins at Washington, 4-goals-2
Game 2 on Sunday, 01 May: Tampa Bay wins at Washington, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 3 on Tuesday, 03 May: Washington loses at Tampa Bay, 4-goals-3
Game 4 on Wednesday, 04 May: Washington loses at Tampa Bay, 5-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Tampa Bay Lightning swept the Washington Capitals 4-games-nil from the 2011 NHL playoffs, winning MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1130. With the series 1130 win, the Tampa Bay Lightning improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 7-4 overall and 2-1 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1130 loss, the Washington Capitals see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 10-20 overall and 2-7 in the Quarterfinals round. The four-game sweep of best-of-7 playoff series 1130 is the 189th in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series history (all rounds), the 106th in NHL best-of-7 playoff series history (all rounds), and the 37th in best-of-7 NHL Quarterfinals history. The best-of-7 NHL playoff series upset sweep by the Tampa Bay Lightning is the biggest in terms of regular-season records since series 878, when the old Anaheim Mighty Ducks trailed the Detroit Red Wings by 15 regular-season points, yet swept Detroit 4-games-nil in the 2003 NHL Preliminary round.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2010-11 regular season, Washington finished four points ahead of Tampa Bay. From 1939 through the 2011 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by four regular-season points, they have posted a 10-9 (.526) best-of-7 series record in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1130 is the 11th best-of-7 playoff series for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the 30th for the Washington Capitals. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, Tampa Bay has a 6-4 series record, a 1-1 Quarterfinals-round series record, and a 3-7 Game 1 record with an active four-Game 1 losing streak, while Washington has a 10-19 series record, a 2-6 Quarterfinals-round record, and an 18-11 Game 1 record. Series 1130 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between Tampa Bay and Washington; Tampa won the first, in the 2003 NHL Preliminary round (series 875).