The home team is a perfect 8-0 in the last eight games between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators. The Penguins hope to snap that streak with a road win in Game 6 on Sunday to win the Stanley Cup.
Penguins vs. Predators Game 6 odds: Pittsburgh road underdog in potential Stanley Cup clincher
Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins can win the Stanley Cup with a victory on the road over the Nashville Predators in Game 6 on Sunday night.
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Pittsburgh is a +120 road underdog in Nashville at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. The Predators can force a Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh with a win as -140 favorites.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Any momentum that the Predators may have had from winning Game 3 and Game 4 was gone within the first two minutes of Game 5. Sidney Crosby split the defense on the first shift of the game and drew a penalty, and the Penguins quickly capitalized with a goal from Justin Schultz.
That goal opened the floodgates to a three-goal period for Pittsburgh and a 6-0 win at home. Matt Murray stopped all 24 shots he faced, and six different goal scorers found the back of the net.
The Penguins are just 2-5 in their last seven playoff road games in which their opponents faced elimination. One of those two wins was in the Stanley Cup Final last season over San Jose.
Betting Line / Total: Nashville -140 / 5.5 Goals
Nashville Predators
After giving up three goals on nine shots in the first period of Game 5, Pekka Rinne was pulled from the contest. None of the goals was really his fault, but the netminder will certainly be happy to return home, where he is 9-1 with a 1.44 goals-against average and a .949 save percentage.
The Predators offense will be glad to be home too, averaging 4.5 goals per game in this series on home ice compared to just 1.33 goals per game in Pittsburgh. Nashville went 3-1 in elimination games last year and is facing elimination for the first time this postseason on Sunday.
Sunday night’s total is set at 5.5 goals. The OVER is 3-2 in this series, according to the OddsShark NHL Database and all five games have had at least five goals scored in them.
Anyone who bet the home team in every game between these two teams on the moneyline this season has made a healthy profit, and on the puckline that profit is even healthier. This series feels destined to go seven games, but perhaps Pittsburgh’s experience and killer instinct will show up in Game 6 to crack this stretch of home dominance.
Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators
When: Sunday, June 11, 8 p.m. ET
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
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