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.
Getty Images photo by Frederick Breedon
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).
USA Today Sports photo by Donald Wright
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.
USA Today Sports photo by Scott Rovak
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.
USA Today Sports photo by Charles LeClaire
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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At San Jose, California:
Sidney Crosby, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff Most Valuable Player (as shown here), assisted on goals from Kris Letang and Patric Hornqvist (empty net) while Brian Dumoulin scored a power-play goal in the first period as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on the road in game six of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins won four games to two and captured their fourth Stanley Cup title, their first since 2009.
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At Pittsburgh:
Logan Couture had a hand in three goals on Thursday, scoring one and assisting on tallies by Brent Burns and Melker Karlsson (that's him being congratulated by teammates after scoring)while Martin Jones stopped 44 of 46 shots as the San Jose Sharks stayed alive in the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-2 game-five road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Penguins, who lead the series three games to two, can still wrap up their first title since 2009 with a game-six win in San Jose on Sunday.
USA Today photo by Donald Wright
At San Jose, California:
Ian Cole, Evgeni Malkin (power play; that's him [center] celebrating with Patric Hornqvist and Kris Letang), and Eric Fehr each scored a goal while Matt Murray saved 23 of 24 shots on Monday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on the road in game four of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins, who can wrap up their fourth title (their first since 2009) with a game-five win in Pittsburgh on Thursday, now lead three games to one.
USA Today photo by Kyle Terada
At San Jose, California:
Joonas Donskoi scored the winning goal at 12:18 of overtime on Saturday as the San Jose Sharks defeated the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in game three of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins still lead two games to one.
In this photo, we see Justin Braun being congratulated by teammates after scoring a first-period goal for the Sharks.
Joel Ward also scored for San Jose.
USA Today photo by John Hefti
At Pittsburgh:
Conor Sheary scored the winning goal at 2:35 of overtime on Wednesday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 2-1 in game two of the Stanley Cup Final, which the Penguins now lead two games to none.
Here, we see the Penguins' Phil Kessel (#81) celebrating with teammates after scoring a second-period goal.
USA Today photo by Charles LeClaire
At Pittsburgh:
Nick Bonino scored the winning goal with 2:33 remaining in regulation on Monday as the Pittsburgh Penguins took the opening game of the Stanley Cup Final 3-2 over the visiting San Jose Sharks.
Here, we seen the Penguins' Conor Sheary celebrating after scoring a first-period goal.
USA Today photo by Donald Wright
