IT WILL BE THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOR THE STANLEY CUP
For just the fourth time in NHL history, a Game 7 has gone into overtime in a semifinal or conference final. It ended with the Pittsburgh Penguins returning to defend their Stanley Cup Title with a 3-2 win in double overtime against the Ottawa Senators. Predators defenseman PK Subban said after practice Thursday he hoped the game would go into triple overtime – and he was close. Nashville will take on a Pittsburgh team that was pushed to seven games before hosting the Predators on Monday (May 29, 2017) in Pittsburgh. The Preds are 1-1 against the Penguins in the regular season but have not faced them since January 31. The first game against the Penguins was just the fifth of the season as the Preds won 5-1 at Bridgestone on October 22. The second game came in late January on the road ending in a 4-2 loss.