Guentzel Leads the Way to 2-0 Series Lead for Penguins

Penguins Lucky to be up 2-0

After escaping with a win despite being outplayed by the Nashville Predators in Game 1, the Pittsburgh Penguins knew they had to be better in Game 2. The Pens used a dominating third period to defeat the Predators 4-1 and take a 2-0 series lead. Pittsburgh can thank their rookie playoff standout Jake Guentzel (12 goals, 7 assists) for the series lead, as he scored the game-winning goal in both Games 1 and 2. With 19 points so far this postseason, Guentzel is now the highest scoring American-born rookie in NHL playoff history. Now holding all of the momentum, the Penguins head to Nashville for Game 3.

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Despite carrying the play for nearly all of Game 1, the Predators are leaving Pittsburgh with nothing to show for their efforts. The biggest shock so far in the Finals has been the play of their starting goaltender, Pekka Rinne. Through two games against Pittsburgh, Rinne has allowed eight goals on 36 shots for a shocking 0.738 save percentage. If Nashville has any hope of climbing back into the series, they’ll need their goalie to be much better going forward. Game 3 is this Saturday at 8 PM ET on NBCSN.

Recent Form

Team	Record	Money	Offense	Defense	Fave	Dog	O/U
Pittsburgh	64-26-13	$614.00	3.39	2.74	54-28	10-11	56-40-7
Nashville	53-34-13	-$106.00	2.91	2.62	37-30	16-17	45-43-12

Team Records

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	64-26-13	40-7-6	24-19-7	54-17-10	10-9-3	56-40-7
Last 10	7-2-1	5-0-1	2-2-0	6-2-1	1-0-0	3-5-2
vs Div	28-11-3	16-3-2	12-8-1	22-7-1	6-4-2	26-15-1
vs EAST	47-19-7	30-4-3	17-15-4	40-12-5	7-7-2	42-27-4
vs WEST	17-7-6	10-3-3	7-4-3	14-5-5	3-2-1	14-13-3

Nashville Predators

Name	Record	Home	Away	Fave	Dog	O/U
Overall	53-34-13	31-9-9	22-25-4	36-16-11	16-17-2	45-43-12
Last 10	5-4-1	3-0-1	2-4-0	3-0-1	2-4-0	3-5-2
vs Div	24-14-1	15-4-1	9-10-0	19-5-1	5-8-0	18-13-8
vs EAST	14-14-6	6-4-6	8-10-0	8-7-6	6-7-0	18-16
vs WEST	39-20-7	25-5-3	14-15-4	29-9-5	10-10-2	27-27-12

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	3.39	1	2.62	12
Away Team Away Scoring vs Home Team Home Defense	3.02	5	2.37	7
Away Team Road Powerplay vs Home Team Home Penalty Kill	20.53	11	79.71	22
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	2.91	10	2.74	16
Home Team Home Scoring vs Away Team Road Defense	3.18	5	3.00	18
Home Team Home Power Play vs Away Team Road Penalty Kill	19.48	13	78.66	22

Betting Odds Trends

Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Pittsburgh is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Pittsburgh is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Nashville
Pittsburgh is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Nashville
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing Nashville
Pittsburgh is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Nashville

Nashville Predators
Nashville is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games
Nashville is 12-6 SU in its last 18 games
Nashville is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Nashville's last 6 games at home
Nashville is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Nashville is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Nashville's last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
Nashville is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

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