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The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year with a controversial 2 to 0 win in Game 6 to take the series 4 games to 2 at Bridgestone Arena Sunday night. The first official score in the game came with just minutes remaining in the third period when Patric Hornqvist beat the Predators’ Pekka Rinne with the game winner. The Penguins iced the game with an empty netter before the final seconds ticked off the clock. The game was scoreless after two periods, but only because a controversial officiating call early in the first period went against the Predators, as ESPN reported: In the opening minute of a deadlocked Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final Sunday night, the Nashville Predators appeared to open the scoring. But a quick whistle from referee Kevin Pollock blew the play dead, depriving Nashville of a prime scoring opportunity on a play that could not be challenged or overturned by video replay. The sequence began when Predators forward Filip Forsberg sped down the left wing and fired a shot at Penguins goaltender Matt Murray 1:06 into the second period. After Murray made the initial save, the puck trickled behind…

The night began with high expectations for the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the PPG Paints Arena, but hopes of taking a one game lead in a series tied at two games apiece vanished quickly as the Penguins jumped to a 3 to 0 lead in the first period. Fans back in Nashville packed Bridgestone Arena for a watch party, but there was little to cheer about after the opening face off. Things got worse for the Predators in the second period when the Penguins added another 3 goals. Down 6 to 0 at the start of the third period, the Predators remained unable to get their offense going, and when the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Predators had been shut out. The Penguins now lead the series 3 games to 2, and can clinch their second consecutive Stanley Cup with a victory in Game 6. The Predators will have to win both Game 6 and Game 7 to claim the NHL championship trophy.  

  The Nashville Predators crushed the Pittsburgh Penguins 5 to 1 on Saturday night to win the first Stanley Cup Final game ever played in the Music City. The victory was the first in the Stanley Cup Final for the Predators, who dropped the first two games against the Penguins in Pittsburgh. Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne, who had played below his usual All-Star performance in the second game of the series, bounced back with a stellar performance to hold the defending Stanley Cup champions to a single goal. The hometown crowd who saw the Predators win at Bridgestone Arena were wild with enthusiasm before, during, and after the game. The Penguins jumped out to an early 1 – 0 lead in the first period, but the Predators bounced back ferociously in the second with three goals. They sealed the deal in the third with two more goals. Five different Predators scored.

Nashville Predators coach Peter Laviolette on Thursday declined to specify whether franchise goaltender Pekka Rinne will start in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins. That doesn’t mean that backup Juuse Saros will start Saturday night at Bridgestone Arena after he replaced Rinne in the third period of Wednesday’s Game 2 for…

The Nashville Predators dropped Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins 5 to 3 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Monday. The Penguins jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first period, as WKRN reported:   After dual penalties by Calle Jarnkrok and James Neal, the Penguins were able to capitalize as Evgeni Malkin scored his eighth goal of the postseason to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead. About a minute later, the Penguins scored again as Chris Kunitz found Conor Sheary for an easy finish and a 2-0 lead. Just before the end of the first period, the Preds got some bad luck as Nick Bonino’s shot was deflected by Pekka Rinne and off Mattias Ekholm for a 3-0 Penguins lead. The Predators fought back to tie the game 3-3 by the third period, but the Penguins went up 4-3 with about 3 minutes and 17 seconds left in regulation to go ahead for good, and scored again in the final minute after Nashville pulled goaltender Pekka Rinne. The Predators press office summed up the game with this tweet: #Preds force the comeback and dominate majority of the play but fall 5-3 in Game One.…

PITTSBURGH — A little more than 24 hours before the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators launch the 2017 Stanley Cup Final with Game 1 at PPG Paints Arena, there was the craziness Sunday that was the NHL’s annual media day. The requisite off-beat questions — Who’s your funniest teammate? Which player could sing the National Anthem?…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A date with history awaited the Nashville Predators on Monday night. They kept it, in spite of being badly outshot by the Anaheim Ducks. Colton Sissons’ third goal of the game at 14:00 of the third period broke a tie and led Nashville to a 6-3 win that gave the Predators the Western…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It has turned into a battle of attrition in the Western Conference Finals. One more loss and the Anaheim Ducks will have until September to rest. One more win and the Nashville Predators clinch their first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. Saturday night’s 3-1 defeat to the equally shorthanded Nashville Predators put…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Pontus Aberg’s first career playoff goal was the decisive score as the Nashville Predators defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Saturday. The Predators lead the series 3-2, with Game 6 scheduled for Monday night in Nashville. The Predators will have an opportunity to clinch their…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — After the Nashville Predators concocted a stunning comeback to force overtime Thursday night in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, the script almost demanded they finish the deal. The Anaheim Ducks’ Corey Perry had a different idea of justice. Perry’s shot from the right-wing boards at 10:33 of the extra period was…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Defenseman Roman Josi scored on the power play with 2:43 left in the third period to pace the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals. With their sixth straight playoff win at Bridgestone Arena and 10th consecutive postseason home victory…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nick Ritchie scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday at Honda Center to even the Western Conference final at a game apiece. Sami Vatanen, Jacob Silfverberg and Ondrej Kase each had a goal for the Ducks, who…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — James Neal scored at 9:24 of overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday in Game 1 of the Western Conference final. P.K. Subban got the puck at the left point after a scramble in front was knocked back. Subban then faked a shot and slid…