Pittsburgh Penguins defended the National Hockey League title after they defeated Nashville Predators in the sixth game of the Finals with 2-0. Nashville challenged for goalie interference, but the goal was upheld.
A Carl Hagelin empty-netter sealed the win for Pittsburgh, making the Pens the first team to defend the title since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997-98. Early in the second period, the Predators appeared to score a goal to put them up 1-0, but the goal was waived off.
Nick Bonino wasn't healthy enough to play in the final four games of this year's Stanley Cup Final.
On Sunday night, after Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup for the second consecutive year and for the third time in his career, Penguins owner Mario Lemieux was asked on NBCSN if he ever saw this kind of success coming for the Penguins captain, back when Crosby was a rookie and living in Lemieux's house.
Murray also stopped Sissons on a breakaway midway through the second and also gloved a shot from Viktor Arvidsson later in the period. The Predators went 0-for-4 with the man advantage in a game in which their opponent didn't get a single power play.
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The Penguins were led by team captain Sidney Crosby, who scored eight goals and 27 points in 24 games en route to his third championship and second straight Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
The first time they reached this glorious achievement was back in 1991, then one year later in 1992, and afterward they were waiting for 17 years to win again.
With the destiny of the Stanley Cup in the balance, a determined Crosby delivered a dominating performance right from the opening shift, when he rang a shot off the post while being pulled down to the ice by a Predators defenseman. "We lost a lot of guys to injuries". Predators fans were upset by the call. Murray is the first goalie with two shutouts in one Cup Final since Boston's Tim Thomas and Vancouver's Roberto Luongo had two apiece in 2011.
This year's win might have been harder than a year ago.
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