8:15 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
The teams are on the ice after another incredible pregame show featuring Mother Nature and drummers flying around over the ice.<\/p>\n
Speaking of the drum line, I just rode up in the freight elevator with them and then held the door for them so they could get to the Fortress on time.<\/p>\n
I feel like an honorary member of the Knights Watch.<\/p>\n
Also, bad news for the waistline, there are plenty of peanut\u00a0M&Ms in the auxiliary press box, too.<\/p>\n
Great.<\/p>\n
Maybe someone read my last post as they just played a song from Frank\u00a0Sinatra – “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” — and they just played the song. No remix, no nothing.<\/p>\n
You don’t mess with the Chairman of the Board.<\/p>\n
Before we get started, some good Game 6 notes from the NHLStats crew.<\/p>\n
Teams that hold a 3-2 lead in a best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final have an all-time record of 27-18 (.600) in Game 6, which includes Stanley-Cup clinching wins in eight of the previous 10 instances.<\/p>\n
Teams that trail 3-2 in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final with a Game 6 contest at home own an all-time record of 12-20.<\/p>\n
Among those 12 teams, four ended up winning Game 7 on the road which includes the Bruins in 2011, Penguins in 2009,\u00a0Canadiens in 1971 and the Red Wings in 1950.<\/p>\n
Game 6 of a Stanley Cup Final has featured overtime nine times before. The team leading the series 3-2 scored the Cup-clinching overtime goal in six of those nine contests. The three teams to force a Game 7 in that scenario are Tampa Bay (3-2 2OT W at CGY in 2004), Toronto (4-3 OTW at DET in 1964) and Detroit (1-0 OTW at TOR).<\/p>\n
Teams with 3-2 Series Lead in Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final, Since 2012<\/p>\n
2025: Panthers (5-1 W vs. EDM) \u00a0
2024: Panthers (5-1 L at EDM) \u00a0
2022: Avalanche (2-1 W at TBL) \u00a0
2020: Lightning (2-0 W at DAL) \u00a0
2019: Blues (5-1 L vs. BOS) \u00a0
2017: Penguins (2-0 W at NSH) \u00a0
2016: Penguins (3-1 W at SJS) \u00a0
2015: Blackhawks (2-0 W vs. TBL) \u00a0
2013: Blackhawks (3-2 W at BOS) \u00a0
2012: Kings (6-1 W vs. NJD)<\/p>\n
Teams to Win Stanley Cup After Facing 3-2 Series Deficit, All-Time<\/p>\n
2011: Bruins (vs. VAN) \u00a0
2009: Penguins (vs. DET) \u00a0
2004: Lightning (vs. CGY) \u00a0
2001: Avalanche (vs. NJD) \u00a0
1971: Canadiens (vs. CHI) \u00a0
1964: Maple Leafs (vs. DET) \u00a0
1950 Red Wings (vs. NYR) \u00a0
1942: Maple Leafs (vs. DET)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"8:15 p.m. ET The teams are on the ice after another incredible pregame show featuring Mother Nature and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-704637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}