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Pittsburgh Penguins can win 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup with game 6 victory vs. Nashville Predators on Sunday

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Fri, Jun 9th 2017 06:55 pm
8 p.m. ET on NBC
With a win against P.K. Subban and the Nashville Predators in game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins can become the first team in almost 20 years to repeat as Stanley Cup champions.
Pre-game coverage on Sunday begins at 6 p.m. on NBCSN, with a special two-hour edition of "NHL Live."
NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will provide streaming coverage.
Five-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning "Inside-the-Glass" analyst Pierre McGuire will provide commentary from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. This marks the 11th consecutive year Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire will combine to call the Stanley Cup Final for NBC Sports.
Host Liam McHugh will anchor pre-game, intermission and studio coverage on-site throughout the series, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. In addition, Kathryn Tappen and Paul Burmeister and will host coverage from an outdoor set outside Bridgestone Arena, alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick, Brian Boucher and Anson Carter.
Game 5 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, in which the Penguins defeated the Predators 6-0 Thursday night on NBC, averaged a total audience delivery (TAD) of 4.444 million viewers. Viewership of the blowout peaked with more than 5.2 million TV-only viewers in the 8:45-9 p.m. quarter hour at the end of the first period. The full contest averaged 4.382 million TV-only viewers and posted a 2.6 household rating.

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