2017 Stanley Cup Final Game 6 – Pittsburgh 4, Nashville 3
The Penguins defeated the Predators four games to two to repeat as Stanley Cup champions.
The 2017 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016–17 season, and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators, four games to two to repeat as Stanley Cup champions. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
Quick Facts
- Date
- June 12, 2017
- Venue
- Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
- Score
- Pittsburgh 4 – Nashville 3
- Series result
- Pittsburgh wins 4-2
- Nashville goalie
- Pekka Rinne
- Pittsburgh goalie
- Marc-Andre Fleury
- Significance
- Nashville's first-ever Stanley Cup Final appearance
Lore & Background
The Penguins won the Stanley Cup in their opponent's rink for the fifth time. This was the first time since 2009, a rematch between the Penguins and Detroit Red Wings, that any team appeared in consecutive Finals. The Penguins also became the first team since the Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup in consecutive years and the first to do so since the introduction of the salary cap. They also became the fifth franchise to accomplish this feat more than once. This was the first time in NHL history that two United States–born head coaches faced off against each other in the Stanley Cup Final.
Reader's Guide
The Penguins won the first two games of the series despite being massively outshot by the Predators in both games. Nashville tied the series at two with a pair of convincing wins at home. However, Penguins goaltender Matt Murray shut out the Predators for the remainder of the series. Penguins coach Mike Sullivan became the third coach in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup in his first two seasons as a coach with his team, joining Pete Green of the original Ottawa Senators and Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens. This was the first Finals since in which no game was decided by one goal, and the second Finals in three years to have none of its games reach overtime.
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