Time is on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ side, with or without momentum.
Up 2-0 on the Nashville Predators in the Stanley Cup Final, the defending champions have no problem with the schedule that would require 17 days to complete the series if it goes seven games. That’s how the Penguins won the Cup a year ago, following this exact pattern in beating the San Jose Sharks.
”It’s tough to know what it’s all about until you go through it and we were able to go through it last year,” goaltender Matt Murray said. ”(You learn about) a lot of little things: How to deal with travel is one of them, how to deal with an opposing building is another one.