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The Nashville Predators and the Pittsburgh Penguins continue play in this year’s Stanley Cup Finals with Game 2 this Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena. The puck is set to drop at 8 p.m. (ET) and the game will be available nationally on NBC Sports Network.
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Nashville at Pittsburgh Game Overview<br />
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Nashville was able to erase a three-goal deficit in Monday night’s series opener in Pittsburgh only to watch this game end in a 5-3 loss as a +144 underdog. The total went well OVER the closing 5.5 line and it has now gone OVER or ended as a PUSH in five of the Predators last seven games. They are 5-4 on the road in the postseason and the total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in six of those nine games.
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Frederick Gaudreau notched his first goal of these playoffs a little over 13 minutes into the third period of Game 1 to tie the game at three, but the Predators saw their hopes of gaining the early edge in this series disappear a few minutes later with the eventual game winner by the Penguins. The Predators controlled play in this game all night long, but they could not overcome a disastrous start that saw an early PK Stubban goal come off the board followed by Pittsburgh’s three-goal barrage in the final five minutes of the first period to take that early 3-0 lead.
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The Penguins are now 3-1 in series openers in this season’s playoffs after pulling out the Game 1 win in this series as -160 favorites. They have gone 8-3 at home in the postseason and the total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in seven of those contests. Monday’s win was just the second time in Pittsburgh’s last 11 playoff games that it was able to score more than three goals.
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The most amazing thing about the Penguins’ victory in the series opener was the fact that they scored four times on Nashville’s Pekka Rinne on just 11 shots on goal. They did not tally a shot on the net in the entire second period and they registered just four in the final period of the night. Nick Bonino gave Pittsburgh the 3-0 lead late in the opening period and he closed out the scoring late in the third with his fourth goal of these playoffs. Goalie Matt Murray turned away 23 of the 26 shots he faced.
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Nashville at Pittsburgh Game Betting Trends<br />
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The Predators are 6-1 in their last seven games after allowing five or more goals in their previous outing and they are 6-2 in their last eight games played on a Wednesday. The total has gone OVER or ended as a PUSH in 20 of their last 27 games against the Metro Division.
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The Penguins improved to 7-2 in their last nine Stanley Cup Finals games, but they are just 2-5 in their last seven games following a win. The total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in five of their last six Wednesday games.
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Head-to-head in this matchup, the home team is a perfect 4-0 in the last four meetings and the total has gone OVER in all four games.
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