Down 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Nashville Predators have lost just once at home in the playoffs, so that has to be their rallying cry as they return to Bridgestone Arena and look to fight their way back into the Stanley Cup final.
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Is Sid Heating up at The Right Time?
Article posted on Tuesday 06 June - 16:56 EDT
You can say the things were bleak for the Pittsburgh Penguins in Nashville, and you'd be right. But there was a bright spot for the Pens - captain Sidney Crosby scored his first goal in his last 13 Stanley Cup final games.
They say that history repeats itself, though that hasn't been that case for quite some time in terms of the Stanley Cup. There hasn't been a repeat champion in nearly 20 years, but that will change this spring.
At the start of the Eastern Conference final, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins who couldn't score. Now it's the Ottawa Senators who can't find the net, while the Penguins seem incapable of missing, with 10 goals in the last two games.
Goaltending is the ultimate X-factor of the Stanley Cup playoffs. A team can play its best hockey but if that team runs into a hot goalie, their playoff hopes will quickly be over. No team will win the Cup without spectacular netminding.
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