Ten seconds into the third period, Guentzel - who delivered the game-winner in Game 1 - notched his second of the game.
The Pittsburgh Penguins came one step closer to repeating as Stanley Cup Champions Wednesday night when they defeated the Nashville Predators by a final score of 4-1.
Nashville's lead was short-lived. A minute later, teammate Conor Sheary gave them a 2-0 lead on assists from Kunitz and Crosby.
"We're not looking at anybody".
After Wholey's Fish Market in Pittsburgh refused to sell catfish to Tennessee residents, Little's Fish Company in Nashville is offering complimentary bottom-feeders to Predators fans who present a ticket to Games 3 or 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Penguins.
That was not the end of the Penguins' quick start in the period, however.
What's insane about Guentzel is that he's scored those three goals on just four shots. "Any time you can put pucks on the net it's a good thing".
The Pekka Rinne we all watched stop 38 of 41 shots against the Anaheim Ducks in the series clinching win in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final hasn't been seen in over a week in a half. Nashville and Pittsburgh both are in the 20s for media market size.
A Phil Kessel shot grazed Wilson's stick before it was knocked into the net by the skates of Nashville's Vernon Fiddler.
Rinne, who had previously not lost two in a row in these playoffs, allowed four goals on 25 shots. "We're not where we want to be".
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"When we come with that kind of hunger and come out with those shifts and start building on it, that's when we become a really good team", veteran Penguins center Matt Cullen said. The only puck that got past him was on a attractive move from Pontus Aberg, who practically undressed Olli Maatta before finishing a ridiculous backhander for the game's first goal. "All three goals in the third period were odd-man rushes".
"There's no frustration. We're learning", Subban said.
"I treat this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity", said the 34-year-old Rinne.
"When you lose a couple games and get pulled, you're not happy about how things went", Rinne said. Breaking up the barrage of penalties was Nashville's Pontus Aberg, netting a wrist-shot past Penguins' goaltender Matt Murray.
"I just tried to make the next save, tried to hold them off as long as possible", Murray said. The Penguins have only blown two 2-0 series leads in their franchise history and none since 2000.
So the Predators said they could have been better, all of them, and Rinne said his confidence was undamaged, and now they have a mountain to climb.
In Game 1, the Penguins had gone 37 minutes - including the entire first period - without a shot. Obviously it's not the situation we wanted to be coming here. Subban explained why he was so confident, noting the Predators know they deserve to be playing for the Stanley Cup. There was no penalty. Defensively, the Pittsburgh Penguins are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 79.8 percent of their power play chances.
P.K. Subban picked up his first career postseason fighting major on Wednesday night after a tussle with Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin in the third period. Likewise, winger Carl Hagelin is expected to be a healthy scratch again for Pittsburgh. Yet his iffy play in Game 1 continued a troubling trend.
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