PITTSBURGH — The night started with a catfish throw.
It ended with haymaker after haymaker — both literal and figurative — from the ever resilient Pittsburgh Penguins.
The defending champions provided an emphatic and repeated reminder of what makes them such a difficult out in a 6-0 demolition of the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Pittsburgh will have a chance to become the first franchise in 19 years to win back-to-back championships when the series shifts to Nashville for Game 6 on Sunday.