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2017 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
May 29, 2017  | By David Bianculli

NBC, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

The Nashville Predators have had such an easy time of it, getting to this year’s hockey championship series, that the team's been resting since winning the Western Conference title on May 22 – a full week ago. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Penguins had to play all the way through Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final, and emerge with a fiercely fought double-overtime victory just to get to this point. The Penguins are the defending champions from last year, so they have experience – but the Predators have never been in the finals before, so are both well-rested and stoked. Drop the puck! See what happens!

 
 
 
 
 
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