{"id":10360,"date":"2017-05-31T23:44:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T03:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2017-05-31T23:44:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T03:44:04","slug":"stanley-cup-final-game-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/05\/31\/stanley-cup-final-game-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Win Stanley Cup Final Game 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their dominance over\u00a0the Nashville Predators, defeating them 4-1 in Stanley Cup Final Game 2. Pittsburgh led\u00a0in the scoring department, despite failing to convert on seven power plays, and goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a><\/strong> facing almost 40 shots.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Home ice: Defended<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StanleyCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#StanleyCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NFboEPpcdn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NFboEPpcdn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NHL (@NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHL\/status\/870115002329575424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Pittsburgh Penguins Take Stanley Cup Final Game\u00a0Two<\/h2>\n<p>Through a rough and physical first period, penalties\u00a0were handed to Nashville&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithcr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Smith<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fishemi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Fisher<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josiro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Josi<\/a><\/strong>, as well as Pittsburgh&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kunitch01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Kunitz<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/malkiev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evgeni Malkin<\/a><\/strong>, but neither team was able to score on their power plays.\u00a0\u00a0Nashville opened up the scoring with a goal from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/abergpo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pontus Aberg<\/a><\/strong> twelve minutes in, with Pittsburgh tying it up four minutes later with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guentja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Guentzel<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s eleventh post-season point, which moved him into a tie\u00a0for second-most rookie playoff points (11) with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/roenije01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeremy Roenick<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marchbr03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Marchand<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boninni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Bonino<\/a><\/strong> returned for the second, after blocking a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/subbapk01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PK Subban<\/a><\/strong> shot off his ankle in the first. Guentzel scored again to begin the third period, moving him into the second all-time rookie playoff points, and the most for an American-born rookie. Two more goals from Pittsburgh&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsosc01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Wilson<\/a><\/strong> and Malkin led to Nashville goaltender<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rinnepe01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pekka Rinne<\/a><\/strong> being replaced with rookie netminder <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sarosju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juuse Saros<\/a><\/strong>. A <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hornqpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patric Hornqvist<\/a><\/strong> tally was\u00a0challenged by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laviope01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Laviolette<\/a> <\/strong>prevented the score from becoming 5-1, and a late fight involving Malkin and Subban left two the the league&#8217;s best in the penalty box and unable to help their team.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a valiant effort by the Predators, who dominated in the faceoff circle, out-shot the Penguins 38 to 27, and killed all seven penalties against them, they go back to Nashville down two games. If they are able to continue their physical game the way they have, they stand a chance of beating the Penguins in home ice. However, if Pittsburgh continues with the offensive pressure, especially from players like Malkin and Guentzel, they face an uphill battle. A stronger showing from Rinne will be required as well. The Finnish netminder, who has proven to be a strong presence in the Playoffs so far, has struggled in net at PPG Paints Arena, and needs to put up a good show at home.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final is Saturday, June 3 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/691016456\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.666667% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/691016456?et=9F_eb7CNSPRC6-SaWlThzQ&#038;tld=ca&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=t6RsugosVoZSFU6IKB7fWnuFf_G66WN-oxyPMNPlJSw=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;\" ><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their dominance over\u00a0the Nashville Predators, defeating them 4-1 in Stanley Cup Final Game 2. Pittsburgh led\u00a0in the scoring department, despite failing to convert on seven power plays, and goaltender Matt Murray facing almost 40 shots. Home ice: Defended#StanleyCup pic.twitter.com\/NFboEPpcdn &mdash; NHL (@NHL) June 1, 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins Take Stanley Cup Final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":10368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,2,12],"tags":[906,478,243,459,44,1681],"class_list":["post-10360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predators","category-featured","category-penguins","tag-jake-guentzel","tag-matt-murray","tag-nashville-predators","tag-pekka-rinne","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-stanley-cup-final"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}