Schedule and 2016-17 Results
Regular Season Records: Pittsburgh 50-21-11=111pts, Nashville 41-29-12=94pts
Game 1 on Monday, 29 May: Nashville at Pittsburgh, 8:00pmEDT
Game 2 on Wednesday, 31 May: Nashville at Pittsburgh, 8:00pmEDT
Game 3 on Saturday, 03 June: Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8:00pmEDT
Game 4 on Monday, 05 June: Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8:00pmEDT
Game 5* on Thursday, 08 June: Nashville at Pittsburgh, 8:00pmEDT
Game 6* on Sunday, 11 June: Pittsburgh at Nashville, 8:00pmEDT
Game 7* on Wednesday, 14 June: Nashville at Pittsburgh, 8:00pmEDT
* if needed
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Playing Game 1 @ H:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team playing Game 1 @ H (Pittsburgh) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2017 NHL and NBA Semifinals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 904-443 (.671)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 168-87 (.659)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 424-241 (.638)
series record, NHL only, Finals round: 56-21 (.727)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 896-451 (.665)
Game 1 record, all best-of-7 sports, Finals round: 173-82 (.678)
Game 1 record, NHL only, all rounds: 423-242 (.636)
Game 1 record, NHL only, Finals round: 55-22 (.714)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1347 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and
MLB series played through the 2017 NHL and NBA Semifinals. Note in
general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a
particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding
winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning
fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is
400-100 rather than 4-1.
SERIES NOTES:
Pre-series assessment: In the 2016-17 NHL regular season, the
Pittsburgh Penguins finished 17 points ahead of the Nashville Predators.
From 1939 through the 2017 NHL Semifinals round, when NHL teams led
their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 17 regular-season points,
they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 14-3 (.824) in
those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff
series 1334 is the 59th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Pittsburgh
Penguins, and the 16th for the Nashville Predators. In best-of-7 NHL
playoff series, the Pittsburgh Penguins have an all-rounds series record
of 36-22 with an active seven-series winning streak befitting a
defending NHL champion, a Finals-round series record of 4-1, and a Game 1
record of 28-30, while the Nashville Predators have an all-rounds
series record of 6-9, a Finals-round series record of 0-0, and a Game 1
record of 8-7. Series 1334 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series
meeting between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators.