Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean thought this season was a great learning experience for his young team.
"The adversity that this team faced, right out of the gate with Jason Spezza going down five games (into the season) and 10 games in Karlsson goes down, the growth our organization showed -- we got two years in one as far as development goes," said MacLean. "For our team to make the playoffs as a No. 7 seed and then to win the first round against a very good Montreal team, that just is great growth for an organization that is rebuilding. We learned some tough lessons here, but we took some good lessons from the Montreal series. If we can put them all together, it's just going to make us better down the road." The Senators can certainly be proud with how this season has gone. That being said, they might end up losing some of their veteran leaders for the 2013-14 campaign with Sergei Gonchar and Daniel Alfredsson both scheduled to become unrestricted free agents. Alfredsson isn't likely to entertain offers from other teams, but he might retire.

Gregory Campbell scored twice in Boston's 3-1 victory against the New York Rangers.
The Boston Bruins have won their second-round series and will take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals. Torey Krug scored a goal and now has four goals and five points in five playoff games. Krug had just three games worth of NHL experience before the 2013 postseason. Nathan Horton, Brad Marchand, Daniel Paille, Tyler Seguin, and Shawn Thornton each registered an assist. Jaromir Jagr had a team-high four shots on goal, but is still searching for his first goal of the playoffs.

Daniel Girardi scored a goal in a 3-1 defeat on Saturday.
Mats Zuccarello and Brian Boyle assisted on Girardi's goal. Derek Dorsett accounted for 11 of the Rangers' 13 penalty minutes. Ryan Callahan had a team-high six shots on goal. He ended up with two goals on 40 shots in the postseason. Chris Kreider led the Rangers with six hits. Ryan McDonagh logged a team-high 28:37 minutes and averaged 25:52 minutes in the playoffs. With this loss, the New York Rangers have been eliminated from the 2013 postseason.

Tuukka Rask kicked out 28 of 29 shots in a 3-1 victory on Saturday.
Rask allowed the first goal of the game on a Rangers' power play, but was otherwise flawless. He now has a 2.22 GAA and .928 save percentage in 12 starts in the playoffs. The Boston Bruins will face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals and Rask will have his work cut out for him. He had a 2.54 GAA and .881 save percentage in two regular season games against the Penguins and the Bruins lost both contests.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 3-1 loss Saturday.
With that, the New York Rangers have been eliminated in five games. Lundqvist was stellar in the playoffs, but the Rangers couldn't coax nearly enough offense out of a team that entered the season with a trio of amazing skilled forwards. Marian Gaborik ended up getting traded and Brad Richards was reduce to a healthy scratch by the end of their playoff run. Rick Nash did produce in the regular season and put up decent numbers in the second round, but ultimately this team hasn't been able to build around Lundqvist yet despite their best efforts.