Welcome to the latest episode of Hot Takedown, FiveThirtyEight’s sports podcast. On this week’s show (Jun. 6, 2017), we discuss the Nashville Predators’ win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. That series is now tied 2-2. Next, the Golden State Warriors are running roughshod over the Cleveland Cavaliers, which […]
Winning the opener is important in any playoff series, but it’s been an almost sure path to victory in recent Stanley Cup finals — and that’s great news for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 in Game 1 on Monday. Excluding the series currently in progress, the Stanley Cup Final has been […]
Winning the opener is important in any playoff series, but it’s been an almost sure path to victory in recent Stanley Cup finals — and that’s great news for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 in Game 1 on Monday. Excluding the series currently in progress, the Stanley Cup Final has been […]
It wasn’t easy, but the Pittsburgh Penguins kept their bid for a second-consecutive Stanley Cup alive on Thursday night, surviving the surprising Ottawa Senators with a double-overtime win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. On paper, there was little reason to think the Sens would pose much of a threat to the defending […]
It wasn’t easy, but the Pittsburgh Penguins kept their bid for a second-consecutive Stanley Cup alive on Thursday night, surviving the surprising Ottawa Senators with a double-overtime win in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. On paper, there was little reason to think the Sens would pose much of a threat to the defending […]
