Friday kicks off the NHL conference finals, featuring each of the league's four division winners battling for the right to advance to the Stanley Cup Final itself.
The Pittsburgh Penguins, after mid-season coaching and personnel changes, are looking to repeat history. The team's last Stanley Cup win (2009) came under similar circumstances. The Pens never emerged as the dynasty that some saw as possible then, but after knocking off the NHL's best regular-season team, the Washington Capitals, in the second round, a championship looks possible.
Their opponent is the Tampa Bay Lightning, last year's finalist in the Eastern Conference.