At Nashville:
Patric Hornqvist (tht's him wearing #72, seen here celebrating after scoring) and Carl Hagelin (empty netter) each scored a goal in the final two minutes on Sunday while Matt Murray saved all 27 shots as the Pittsburgh Penguins blanked the visiting Nashville Predators 2-0 to capture their fifth Stanley Cup overall and their second straight after winning the Final four games to two.
The Penguins became the first team since the 1997 and 1998 Detroit Red Wings to repeat as Stanley Cup champions.
For the second successive year, Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs most valuable player.
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At Pittsburgh:
In Thursday's fifth game of the Stanley Cup Final, Justin Schultz (power play; that's him on the right, celebrating after scoring), Bryan Rust, and Evgeni Malkin each scored once in the first period while Conro Sheary, Phil Kessel, and Ron Hainsey each did likewise in the second period, and Matt Murray saved all 24 shots as the Pittsburgh Penguins demolished the visiting Nashville Predators 6-0 to take a three-games-to-none series lead.
Sidney Crosby had three assists for the Penguins.
The Penguins can lock up their second straight Stanley Cup Title (and become the first club since the Detroit Red Wings of 1997 and 1998 to do it in back-to-back years) with a game-six win in Nashville on Sunday at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (NBC).
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At Nashville, Tennessee:
Calle Jarnkrok, Frederick Gaudreau (that's him, wearing #32, being congratulated by teammates after scoring), Viktor Arvidsson, and Filip Forsberg (empty netter) each scored a goal while Pekka Rinne saved 23 of 24 shots on Monday night as the Nashville Predators squared the Stanley Cup Final at two games apiece following their 4-1 game-four home victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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At Pittsburgh:
Third-period goals from Jake Guentzel (his second of the game; that's him [#59] celebrating with defenseman Brian Dumoulin after scoring what proved to be his second game winner of the series), Scott Wilson, and Evgeni Malkin scored during a stretch of three minutes and 18 seconds in the third period broke open what was a 1-1 stalemate after two periods on Wednesday as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 4-1 in game two of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins now lead two games to none.
Matt Murray saved 37 of 38 shots for the Pittsburgh.
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At Pittsburgh:
Jake Guentzel scored the game-winning goal at 16:43 of the third period (shown here) while Nick Bonino scored twice (once on an empty netter) as the Pittsburgh Penguins recovered from blowing a three-point lead and outlasted the visiting Nashville Predators 5-3 in Monday's opening game of the Stanley Cup Final.
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