Fifteen years ago today, a young Penguins team took a big step, punching their ticket to the 2008 Stanley Cup Final with a 6-0 blowout win against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Eastern Conference Final.
The Penguins had been running roughshod through the Eastern Conference, having swept the Ottawa Senators 4-0 and dispatched the New York Rangers 4-1.
Up next in the Conference Final were the Pens’ cross-state rival Flyers, and the Penguins jumped out to a 3-0 series victory before the Flyers won Game 4, sending the series back to Pittsburgh for Game 5.