After the Penguins won Games 1 and 2 at home and Nashville answered with victories in their building in Games 3 and 4, Game 5 returns to PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday.
The Nashville Predators played "Rocky Top" during Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.
"There's a lot of competitive guys, but I don't think there are a lot of guys who can raise their level to where he gets to", 40-year-old Matt Cullen said of Crosby after the Penguins win, which gave them a 3-2 series lead. "It's probably human nature to say, 'Oh, you let in five goals, I didn't play so well.' But I honestly felt really sharp ..."
The 22-year-old who leads the National Hockey League in playoff goals and is a legit contender for the Conn Smythe trophy watched the Pittsburgh Penguins lift the Stanley Cup last spring on TV as a minor leaguer just getting his feet wet as a pro. They still have home ice. Daley missed the end of the Washington series and the start of the conference final back from a lower-body injury. He was pulled after the first period by coach Peter Laviolette after surrendering half the goals in a 6-0 rout by the Penguins in Game 5 on Thursday night.
The Predators, who are 16-13-2 as an underdog, have been the stingiest team during the playoffs (1.81 goals per game). We did a good job of that tonight.
After uncharacteristically surrendering eight goals in the first two games of the series, Rinne stopped 50 of 52 shots during the pair of games in Nashville.
The Penguins overwhelmed Rinne again, sending Nashville's star goaltender to the bench in Pittsburgh for a second straight game in the Stanley Cup Final.
"I just think what separates him is his drive", said Sullivan.
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It was a nasty Game 5, in an increasingly nasty series.
Kessel was at his best in Game 4, when he sent in Chris Kunitz alone on a breakaway and set up Crosby for another high-quality scoring chance. Goalie Matt Murray lost consecutive games for the first time in his young career.
- Once you get to this point in a series, people really start to get stupid... a flailing sports director, a weatherman denying what EVRYONE has seen... and now comes some yahoo saying that his "radio trained ears" told him that our GameOps crew was "using the PA to amp crowd noise".
Nine goals for, four goals against: two wins.
"Nashville is not only going to make history on the ice by bringing home the Stanley Cup, but we are making history by setting the gold standard for fan participation both inside and outside of Bridgestone Arena", Barry said. For Game 1, Pittsburgh is a -165 moneyline favorite against the +145 underdog Predators with a 5.5-goal total.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby scored his first goal in the series after he was held without a shot for only the fifth time in his career in Game 3.
For the first time, the Predators are fighting it out for the sport's most prestigious trophy, the Stanley Cup, and their fans are understandably stoked. They'd go on to hammer the Predators, 6-0. Maatta's now-signature move of putting his back to a defender led to the first goal in Game 4. Obviously it's there, everyone knows what's at stake, but it could be two games, it could be three games. Rinne is remarkably resilient; he has allowed exactly one goal in each of Nashville's last four games after a defeat. But Coach Sullivan has got to make a few changes. If I have a chance to shoot one, two seconds, don't look around.
In many cases, the last thing a coach or general manager wants is a meddlesome owner getting involved in the day-to-day operations with the hockey team.
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