Home World News Penguins Beat Predators 2-0 For Second Consecutive Stanley Cup
World News

Penguins Beat Predators 2-0 For Second Consecutive Stanley Cup

Share
penguins beat predators 2 0 for second consecutive stanley cup
Share
ap 17163140588081 wide 5df0c1e1998ae42213c819d193fa1b1fa0bf1d97 s1100 c15

Pittsburgh Penguins players celebrate Sunday after defeating the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Mark Humphrey/AP

Pittsburgh Penguins players celebrate Sunday after defeating the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Nashville, Tenn.

Mark Humphrey/AP

The Pittsburgh Penguins shut out the Predators 2-0 Sunday night in Nashville, Tenn., to win their second straight championship.

The Penguins have won five championships — all of them on the road.

The game was scoreless until the third period when Patric Hornqvist scored with 1:35 left. Carl Hagelin cemented the win by scoring into an empty net with 14 seconds left. Penguins goaltender Matt Murray made 27 saves for his second straight shutout.

The last team to have back-to-back Stanley Cup wins was the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and ’98. The Penguins are the first to do it in the salary-cap era.

Also for a second straight year, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy — awarded annually to the team’s most valuable player in the playoffs.

ap 17163121967717 eae49fd6fc1d5d99e5967da320922efee97115e1 s800 c15

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) kisses the Stanley Cup Sunday after defeating the Nashville Predators in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Nashville, Tenn. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption

toggle caption

Jeff Roberson/AP

Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) kisses the Stanley Cup Sunday after defeating the Nashville Predators in Game 6 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final in Nashville, Tenn.

Jeff Roberson/AP

The Associated Press reports:

” ‘We knew it was going to be tough all year, but we just tried to keep with it,’ Crosby said. ‘We had a lot of injuries and things like that. We just kept finding ways. That was really what we did all season, all playoffs. It’s great to be able to do it.’

“Crosby also became just the third player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy in consecutive years as the Stanley Cup MVP to go along with his third championship. He led the Final in scoring with one goal and six assists, including three in a 6-0 win in Game 5 that put the Penguins on the doorstep of another title. Only teammate Evgeni Malkin (28 points) had more than Crosby’s 27 this postseason.

” ‘You have a small window to play and have a career,’ Crosby said. ‘I feel fortunate, but I also understand how difficult it was so you just want to try to make the best of it.’ “

Predators Colton Sisson scored a goal in the second period but it was not allowed — the referee had blown the play dead just before the puck ended up in the net.

Patric Hornqvist scored the Penguins’ first goal off Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne’s left elbow.

Nashville challenged the call for goalie interference, but the goal was upheld.

Hornqvist used to play for the Predators but the team traded him to the Penguins in 2014, a front-office decision that last night came back to bite Nashville.

Shortly after the Penguins scored, Rinne was pulled from the ice to allow Nashville to have an extra attacker, but things didn’t quite work out for them.

With 14 seconds left in the game, the Pens’ Carl Hagelin put the puck in an unguarded net.

Pittsburgh’s win is the second championship in 18 months for coach Mike Sullivan, who has yet to lose a playoff series since taking over after Mike Johnston was fired. Sullivan is the first American-born coach to win the Cup not once, but twice.

The series had been a tough one for the Penguins, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary. The Penguins won the first two games at home, and then the Predators won the next two games at home. The Penguins won Game 5 in Pittsburgh.

Share

Leave a comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Latest Posts

Related Articles
AW Barcelona 1x1 1718637705
World News

Music: Barcelona

Music: Alan Walker, Ina Wroldsen Barcelona   Music   DOWNLOAD

World News

Music: Alan Walker Kylie Cantrall Unsure

Music: Alan Walker Kylie Cantrall Unsure DOWNLOAD

hq720
World News

Music: Bones Eddy Baker LooseScrew

Music: Bones Eddy Baker LooseScrew   Music DOWNLOAD  

GWODMzmXcAATaIF
World News

Nottingham Forest Secures James Ward-Prowse from West Ham: Details Emerge on the Exciting Deal

Nottingham Forest has reportedly made significant strides in its efforts to bolster...