Prosecutors to drop charges in Stanley Cup dead catfish toss

The Predators and Penguins play again Wednesday night at 8 p.m., with the Penguins entering the night ahead 1-0 in the series.

Waddell vacuum-sealed the fish and put it in compression shorts.

PITTSBURGH | This is what the Pittsburgh Penguins do. Conversely, the Predators look to Game 2 trailing at +210 on the series prices, and listed as +130 road underdogs to even the series at one game apiece.

It was about six weeks ago when Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang announced he was injured for the entire playoffs.

Okay. Pittsburgh didn’t want fans from Nashville to come into the arena with a catfish and hurl it onto the ice. They got out to a 3-0 lead in the first period, but later squandered it to the Preds.

Ninety percent of teams with that advantage have gone on to win the Cup.

Odds are tonight’s Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final at Pittsburgh won’t be as much of an anomaly as the series opener. That chased goaltender Pekka Rinne.

That it was Guentzel who scored the victor seemed fitting.

Rinne allowed four goals on 25 shots.

“The impact of that moment, then the chain of events that happened after that with the penalty kills I think changed the course of the game”, said Laviolette, who nevertheless did not agree with suggestions that the Penguins had stolen victory. Conor Sheary spent a couple games in the press box recently, but he’s heated up with a goal and an assist in the last two games.

The Chicago Blackhawks, poised to make a long playoff run in many people’s minds, were knocked out in round 1 by Nashville. In the postseason, Malkin is the leader, as he has recorded 25 points. Maybe not from the score, the way the game went. He has found his touch at the right time for Pittsburgh, which leads the Final 1-0. The Pittsburgh Penguins, meanwhile, had 14 players who competed and triumphed in last year’s final alone.

Pittsburgh now has a shots plus/minus of -59.

How could they generate so few shots?

Like Rinne, Hrudey spent a long time in the National Hockey League before playing in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time, in 1993 with the Los Angeles Kings. Defenseman P.K. Subban pointed to the response after falling behind by three as proof the stage is not too big.

If the Predators don’t get it together back home in “Smashville”, it might only be two. Although the Penguins won, they should feel as though they lost and then adjust accordingly. During the postseason, Matt Murray took over, and has been pretty sharp for Pittsburgh.

In the interview on 104.5 The Zone, Waddell says he is just a “dumb redneck with a bad idea”. We’re pleased with the result of the game, for sure.

Just over half way into the third, the Predators had still not given up a shot to Pittsburgh. It’s Guentzel’s playoff-leading 11th goal. It’s not something you just start doing in the Stanley Cup final.

Rupp: The Penguins will need to continue to rely on their offensive success to beat Rinne and win.

It’s Aberg’s second goal of the playoffs. Pittsburgh fish markets have taken to ID’ing customers this week so no Tennessee fans are buying the fish but one was smuggled into the arena Monday and landed on the ice in the first period.

Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin combined for one shot on goal in Game 1.

Who are your X-Factors for Game 2? “Some guys have played in different things”, Crosby said.

Catfish watch is on for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final. Fans have been throwing catfish on the ice in Nashville occasionally ever since. We wish that all of our players were healthy.

Guentzel, who snapped an eight-game goalless drought when he pumped the victor by Rinne with 3:17 left in the series opener, tied it later in the period.

There was no evidence of alcohol, however, confirming what Woods said Monday night when he issued a statement saying he had had an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine. One simple one would be re-inserting left wing Carl Hagelin.