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Predators-Penguins an Intriguing Game 1 Showdown
Article posted on Sunday 28 May - 13:18 EDT
The Nashville Predators will be playing in their first Stanley Cup final. The same was true of the San Jose Sharks in last spring's final. Pittsburgh won that one and the Penguins will look to repeat against the Preds.
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.
In 2012, the eighth-seeded Los Angeles Kings got on a roll in the NHL playoffs and just kept going all the way to a Stanley Cup title. Are the Nashville Predators poised to do likewise?
The Ottawa Senators have never won a Game 7 in their playoff history. The Pittsburgh Penguins have never won a Game 7 of a playoff series at home after after losing Game 6 on the road. Something has to give.
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.
Some playoff games are duels, while others are just plain dull. The Ottawa Senators prefer the latter. In fact, it's what they strive for, and three games into the Eastern Conference final, it is what they have perfected.
The Stanley Cup playoffs are down to the conference final stage and while the hunt for Lord Stanley's mug takes center stage, the duel for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP is always an intriguing sub plot.
The Ottawa Senators utilized home ice at the start of their second-round series with the New York Rangers to get a 2-0 jump. They won’t hold that edge against Pittsburgh, just one of many factors conspiring against the Sens.
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Better Eastern Conference Finals Betting Advice: Pittsburgh Penguins Vs. Ottawa Senators
Article posted on Saturday 13 May
While people will bill this as a match between Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson, his Ottawa Senators counterpart, it's the depth on the roster of defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh that will carry the day.