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The Stanley Cup is returning to Pittsburgh after Patric Hornqvist scored the go-ahead goal on a bad-angle shot with 95 seconds left in a 2-0 win over the Nashville Predators in Game 6.

Six players scored and Sidney Crosby had three assists as the Pittsburgh Penguins chased Pekka Rinne and blew out the Nashville Predators 6-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the series and move one win away from a second consecutive title.

A series has broken out in the Stanley Cup Final. The Penguins and Nashville Predators are tied at 2 games each heading into Game 5 on Thursday night in Pittsburgh. Nashville won a pair of home games to get back in the series. The Penguins posted the second-best home record in the NHL this season. They have also won five straight playoff games at PPG Paints Arena, including Games 1 and 2 of the Final.

The instant one of the Pittsburgh Penguins passes the puck to a teammate, one of the Nashville Predators closes in, taking away any time or space to operate.

Frederick Gaudreau sure is doing his best to earn his own locker with the Nashville Predators with a Stanley Cup Final debut for the ages. And with Pekka Rinne turning in his best performance in this series, the Predators are going back to Pittsburgh having tied up the defending champs at 2-2, turning this into a best-of-three sprint to the Stanley Cup.

P.K. Subban says ask the Pittsburgh Penguins if he’s getting under their skin. The All-Star defenseman only knows he apparently needs to work on his breath on the ice and loves the challenge of helping shut down Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

Pekka Rinne bounced back with 27 saves and the offense came alive as the Nashville Predators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday night to cut their series deficit to 2-1. Roman Josi, Frederick Gaudreau, James Neal, Craig Smith and Mattias Ekholm scored for the Predators, who won the first home Cup Final game in franchise history. Game 4 is Monday night in Nashville.

Time is on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ side, with or without momentum.

The fresh-faced, 22-year-old rookie who leads the NHL in playoff goals – a hot streak that has him in the middle of the Conn Smythe Trophy conversation given to the postseason MVP – was once too embarrassed to shoot the puck.

Nashville defenseman P.K. Subban says the Predators will win Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh has a 2-0 lead trying to repeat as champs. Subban and the Predators are very confident on their own ice where their lone loss this postseason came in overtime. The Predators are also confident that Pekka Rinne will be back in goal after being yanked for giving up three quick goals in Game 2. Game 3 is Saturday night in Nashville.

Terry Crisp sorely wishes that he and fellow broadcaster Pete Weber had recorded their “Hockey 101” sessions from the early days of the Nashville Predators.

Jake Guentzel scored twice and Matt Murray made 37 saves as the host Pittsburgh Penguins chased Predators goalie Pekka Rinne and moved two wins away from a second consecutive title by beating Nashville 4-1 in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday night.

Prosecutors are dropping charges filed against a Tennessee man for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final. District Attorney Stephen Zappala said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the actions of Jacob Waddell during Monday’s Nashville Predators-Pittsburgh Penguins game “do not rise to the level of criminal charges.”

The winning team went nearly two full periods without a shot. The hottest goaltender in the playoffs was only tested 11 times in 58 minutes – and lost.

Pittsburgh rookie Jake Guentzel beat Nashville’s Pekka Rinne with 3:17 left in regulation to put the Penguins ahead to stay in a 5-3 victory in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night.

The dynasty that once appeared so certain is again in the offing for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The handful of men who carry out the most thankless of tasks for the Pittsburgh Penguins are a rag-tag group thrown together by circumstance and a touch of foresight by general manager Jim Rutherford.