Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 7-3 to take a 3-1 lead in the NHL Eastern Conference semi-final series.
"I'm not talking about anything ahead of game five," the Pittsburgh captain said when asked about a potential Eastern Conference final against the Boston Bruins.
But after the result and the manner of victory in game four, it's hard to imagine Crosby and his teammates aren't starting to think about facing the Bruins - up 3-0 in their series against the New York Rangers.
Jarome Iginla and James Neal each scored twice for the Penguins while Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis added goals, and Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves.
Down 2-1 after the first period, the visitors scored twice in a 40-second span early in the second and added four goals in the first 10 minutes in the third.
Milan Michalek, Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa. Senators goalie Craig Anderson was benched after Pittsburgh's sixth goal, and Robin Lehner finished the game.