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2017 NHL Playoffs: Game 5 Winner May be Next Champ

The 2017 NHL playoffs are almost over. Tonight the Nashville Predators are in Pittsburgh to face the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Penguins. The series is tied 2-2, so there’s at least one more game besides tonight’s.

However, the results of tonight’s game could yield the next Stanley Cup champion just the same.

If the Pittsburgh Penguins Win

There’s a lot of buzz surrounding the Pittsburgh Penguins right now. They’re attempting to make history, to echo the success they saw in 1991 and 1992 when they had back-to-back Stanley Cup wins. Only one team has managed that feat since, the (despicable) Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998.