There are coaches who will tell you that a playoff series doesn’t truly start until the road team wins a game.
In the case of the Stanley Cup Final, the first road win will spell the end of the series. The defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins can become the first team to repeat since Detroit in 1998 if they can crack the code of raucous Bridgestone Arena Sunday night in Game 6 against the Nashville Predators.
“We’re just going to try to stay in the moment regardless of whether it needs to be played,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said.