Your NHL Playoffs Open Thread

With a home victory tonight against the Flyers, the Boston Bruins would have an insurmountable lead in their conference-semifinal series. With a home loss against the Sharks, the Detroit Red Wings would have an impossibly deep deficit from which to emerge in the other conference.

Or would they?

No time for a letdown [Boston Herald]

Sharks want to hold on to premium parking spots in Red Wings' zone [Mercury News]