1935 Stanley Cup Finals | |||||||||||||
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Location(s) | Prince of Wales Rink | ||||||||||||
Captains | St. John's: Corner Brook: Ron Taaffe | ||||||||||||
Referees | Herb Coultas (game 2) | ||||||||||||
Dates | March 21 – 22 | ||||||||||||
Series-winning goal | Frank Byrne (Second, G2) | ||||||||||||
Networks | VONF radio | ||||||||||||
Announcers | (VONF) John (Jack) M. Tobin (game 2) | ||||||||||||
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The 1935 Finals was the inaugural championship series of the Newfoundland, and the culmination of the 1935 Herder Memorial Trophy playoffs. Western champion Corner Brook defeated the eastern champion St. John's, four goals to two in the two-games total-goals series.
This was the first Herder final appearance for Corner Brook. , after defeating the San Jose Sharks in six games the previous season, and sixth appearance overall. The Penguins did not make any major transactions during the off-season nor regular season, instead signing head coach Mike Sullivan to a three-year extension.
Pittsburgh earned 111 points (50 wins, 21 losses, and 11 overtime losses) during the regular season to finish second in the Metropolitan Division and second overall among playoff teams. Center and team captain Sidney Crosby led the club in points with 89, finishing second in the League, and led the club and League in goal scoring with 44 goals during the regular season. Teammate Phil Kessel led the team in assists with 47.
In the playoffs, the Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in five games, eliminated the Presidents' Trophy-winning Washington Capitals for a second consecutive year, this time in seven games, and edged the Ottawa Senators in seven games in the Eastern Conference Finals. [1]
This was St. John's first Finals appearance.
During the off-season, Nashville traded defenceman and long-time team captain Shea Weber for defenceman P. K. Subban, and during the regular season, traded for forwards Cody McLeod and Vernon Fiddler. The Predators also re-signed forward Filip Forsberg during the off-season.
Nashville finished with 94 points (41 wins, 29 losses, and 12 overtime losses) during the regular season to finish as the second wild-card in the Western Conference, and the 16th overall and last seeded playoff team. Forsberg and Viktor Arvidsson tied for the team lead in regular-season goal-scoring with 31 each. Ryan Johansen led the team in assists with 47. Arvidsson and Johansen tied for the team lead in points with 61.
The Predators started the playoffs by upsetting the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks in four games, becoming the first wild-card and eighth-seeded team in NHL history to sweep the top-seeded team in their conference. They also eliminated both the St. Louis Blues and the Anaheim Ducks in six games respectively. In the second round of the playoffs, Kevin Fiala sustained an injury, and in the Conference Finals, Johansen would also receive an injury as well; both forwards would sustain serious leg injuries and neither would be able to return. For Predators head coach Peter Laviolette, this marks his third time being in the Stanley Cup Finals with a third different team. He previously coached the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, in which he won the Cup, and the Philadelphia Flyers to the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals. [2]
March 21 | St. John's Guards | 0-1 | Corner Brook | Prince of Wakes Rink | Recap |
The first period remained scoreless until the final five minutes; Nashville forwards
Calle Jarnkrok and
James Neal were both called on penalties for the same time period and on the 5-on-3 power play
Evgeni Malkin took a pass from captain
Sidney Crosby to put the Penguins up 1–0. 1:15 later,
Conor Sheary scored after another pass from Crosby; in the final 17 seconds of the period,
Nick Bonino gave Pittsburgh its third goal. The Penguins had no shots on goal in the second period while the Predators put off nine shots, with
Ryan Ellis scoring a power-play goal. Nashville then tied the game in the third period. However, the Predators' comeback would be foiled as Penguins rookie
Jake Guentzel gave Pittsburgh the lead back on the team's first shot since the first period. Bonino's second goal of the game as an empty-netter gave the Penguins a 5–3 triumph.
[3]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | None | ||||
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | CB | Hal Cross (1) | 13:00 | 1-0 CB | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | |||||
2nd | |||||
3rd | |||||
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
Nashville | 11 | 9 | 6 | 26 | |
Pittsburgh | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
May 31 | Nashville Predators | 1–4 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PPG Paints Arena | Recap |
During the first period, the Predators received their first lead in a Finals game when
Pontus Aberg went around
Olli Maatta on a single effort to score his second of the playoffs. The Penguins tied it with 3:24 left in the first period when
Jake Guentzel's shot sneaked in for his eleventh of the playoffs. After a scoreless second period in which the Predators took twice as many shots as the Penguins, Pittsburgh ignited in the third period, scoring three goals in 3:18. The first goal was by Guentzel who became the first rookie since
Dino Ciccarelli to score twelve goals in a single playoff season (Ciccarelli scored 14 during his rookie season). The next two goals were scored 15 seconds apart and also prompted Predators head coach
Peter Laviolette to replace goaltender
Pekka Rinne with
Juuse Saros. The Penguins stopped the Predators' six shots in the final period to win Game 2 4–1.
[4]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | NSH | Pontus Aberg (2) | Viktor Arvidsson (9) and Mike Fisher (3) | 12:57 | 1–0 NSH |
PIT | Jake Guentzel (11) | Conor Sheary (5) and Chris Kunitz (6) | 16:36 | 1–1 | |
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | PIT | Jake Guentzel (12) | Bryan Rust (2) and Ron Hainsey (5) | 00:10 | 2–1 PIT |
PIT | Scott Wilson (3) | Phil Kessel (13) and Matt Cullen (7) | 03:13 | 3–1 PIT | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin (9) | Chris Kunitz (7) and Ian Cole (8) | 03:28 | 4–1 PIT | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | NSH | Craig Smith | Cross checking | 02:04 | 2:00 |
PIT | Chris Kunitz | Cross checking | 09:36 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Hooking | 09:36 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Mike Fisher | Interference | 10:34 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Roman Josi | Cross checking | 14:32 | 2:00 | |
2nd | NSH | Austin Watson | Interference | 11:48 | 2:00 |
NSH | Cody McLeod | High-Sticking | 17:25 | 2:00 | |
3rd | NSH | Pontus Aberg | Slashing | 04:51 | 2:00 |
PIT | Sidney Crosby | Interference | 09:20 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Fighting – major | 12:14 | 5:00 | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Roughing | 12:14 | 2:00 | |
NSH | P. K. Subban | Fighting – major | 12:14 | 5:00 | |
NSH | Cody McLeod | Interference | 18:01 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Chris Kunitz | Slashing | 18:29 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
Nashville | 18 | 14 | 6 | 38 | |
Pittsburgh | 12 | 7 | 8 | 29 |
June 3 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–5 | Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Recap |
Jake Guentzel came within one goal of Ciccarelli's rookie record when a shot 2:46 into the game got past the Predators goaltender
Pekka Rinne. In the second period, the Predators scored 42 seconds apart to not only tie the game, but take the lead. The first goal for the Predators came when defenceman
Roman Josi fired a slap shot past
Matt Murray. The second goal was on a wrist shot blasted by
Frederick Gaudreau.
James Neal then gave the Predators a two-goal lead with 23 seconds left in the period. In the third period, a breakaway by
Craig Smith gave the Predators a three-goal lead and a goal by
Mattias Ekholm would be the insurance goal in a 5–1 victory for Nashville. Near the end of the game, several misconducts were assessed after a cross checking by
Phil Kessel gathered a crowd and fights broke out.
[5]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | PIT | Jake Guentzel (13) | Ian Cole (9) and Sidney Crosby (16) | 2:46 | 1–0 PIT |
2nd | NSH | Roman Josi (6) – pp | Calle Jarnkrok and Mattias Ekholm (9) | 5:51 | 1–1 |
NSH | Frederick Gaudreau (2) | Austin Watson (4) and Roman Josi (7) | 6:33 | 2–1 NSH | |
NSH | James Neal (6) | Viktor Arvidsson (10) and Roman Josi (8) | 19:37 | 3–1 NSH | |
3rd | NSH | Craig Smith (1) | Unassisted | 4:54 | 4–1 NSH |
NSH | Mattias Ekholm (1) – pp | Calle Jarnkrok (5) and Colton Sissons (6) | 13:10 | 5–1 NSH | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | NSH | P. K. Subban | Holding | 4:50 | 2:00 |
NSH | Bench (served by James Neal) | Too many men on the ice | 12:44 | 2:00 | |
2nd | PIT | Justin Schultz | Holding | 4:13 | 2:00 |
NSH | Ryan Ellis | Boarding | 16:37 | 2:00 | |
3rd | PIT | Carl Hagelin | Roughing | 10:42 | 2:00 |
NSH | Mattias Ekholm | Roughing | 10:42 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Sidney Crosby | Boarding | 12:43 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Cross checking | 12:43 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Filip Forsberg | Cross checking | 12:43 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Trevor Daley | Holding | 15:24 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Viktor Arvidsson | Holding | 15:24 | 2:00 | |
NSH | James Neal | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 15:24 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Ian Cole | Roughing | 15:24 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Patric Hornqvist | Misconduct | 15:38 | 10:00 | |
NSH | Mattias Ekholm | Misconduct | 15:38 | 10:00 | |
PIT | Phil Kessel | Cross checking | 17:01 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Chris Kunitz | Misconduct | 17:01 | 10:00 | |
NSH | Austin Watson | Misconduct | 17:01 | 10:00 | |
PIT | Matt Cullen | Misconduct | 17:01 | 10:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
Pittsburgh | 6 | 13 | 9 | 28 | |
Nashville | 12 | 16 | 5 | 33 |
June 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–4 | Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Recap |
The Predators'
Calle Jarnkrok scored the first goal, but a breakaway set up by
Brian Dumoulin for
Sidney Crosby tied the score heading into the second period. In the second period, after a Penguins breakaway was stopped by
Pekka Rinne, Predators forward
Frederick Gaudreau's wrap-around shot appeared to be stopped by
Matt Murray, however, upon a video review, the puck snuck in under Murray's paddle before being swatted out. A breakaway goal by
Viktor Arvidsson would give the Predators their third goal of the game. Rinne would stop all nine shots faced in the third period and an empty-net goal by
Filip Forsberg would tie the series 2–2 in a 4–1 victory for Nashville.
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Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | NSH | Calle Jarnkrok (2) | Craig Smith (2) and Austin Watson (5) | 14:51 | 1–0 NSH |
PIT | Sidney Crosby (8) | Brian Dumoulin (4) | 15:57 | 1–1 | |
2nd | NSH | Frederick Gaudreau (3) | Ryan Ellis (8) and Harry Zolnierczyk (2) | 03:45 | 2–1 NSH |
NSH | Viktor Arvidsson (3) | Mike Fisher (4) and James Neal (3) | 13:08 | 3–1 NSH | |
3rd | NSH | Filip Forsberg (9) – en | Unassisted | 16:37 | 4–1 NSH |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | PIT | Patric Hornqvist | Tripping | 07:15 | 2:00 |
NSH | James Neal | Interference | 19:18 | 2:00 | |
2nd | PIT | Ron Hainsey | High-sticking | 06:15 | 2:00 |
3rd | NSH | Mattias Ekholm | Roughing | 18:21 | 2:00 |
PIT | Josh Archibald | Roughing | 18:21 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Mattias Ekholm | Slashing | 18:21 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Ryan Ellis | Cross checking | 19:35 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
Pittsburgh | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | |
Nashville | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
June 8 | Nashville Predators | 0–6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | PPG Paints Arena | Recap |
Justin Schultz scored for Pittsburgh early in the first period on the power play. The following two goals by the Penguins would then put goaltender
Juuse Saros into the net. Pittsburgh continued their goal-scoring into the second period starting first with
Conor Sheary.
Jake Guentzel tied the rookie record for points in a single playoff season (21) assisting on the first goal of the period. The second goal came from
Phil Kessel which gave
Sidney Crosby his third point of the night. The third goal by
Ron Hainsey gave Kessel his third point of the night along with Crosby. This was the first period in which the Penguins out shot the Predators. No goals were scored in the third period, giving
Matt Murray the shutout — in doing so, he became the first rookie since
Cam Ward to record a shutout in the Finals. During the third period, 20 penalties were assessed, the most in one period since game three of the
2011 Finals.
[7]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | PIT | Justin Schultz (4) – pp | Sidney Crosby (17) and Patric Hornqvist (4) | 01:31 | 1–0 PIT |
PIT | Bryan Rust (7) | Chris Kunitz (8) and Trevor Daley (4) | 06:43 | 2–0 PIT | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin (10) | Phil Kessel (14) and Ron Hainsey (6) | 19:49 | 3–0 PIT | |
2nd | PIT | Conor Sheary (2) | Sidney Crosby (18) and Jake Guentzel (8) | 01:19 | 4–0 PIT |
PIT | Phil Kessel (8) | Olli Maatta (6) and Sidney Crosby (19) | 08:02 | 5–0 PIT | |
PIT | Ron Hainsey (2) | Evgeni Malkin (18) and Phil Kessel (15) | 16:40 | 6–0 PIT | |
3rd | None | ||||
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | NSH | Ryan Ellis | Holding | 00:50 | 2:00 |
PIT | Bench (served by Scott Wilson) | Too many men on ice | 10:06 | 2:00 | |
NSH | P. K. Subban | Holding | 18:28 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Sidney Crosby | Holding | 18:28 | 2:00 | |
2nd | NSH | Filip Forsberg | Goaltender interference | 13:02 | 2:00 |
3rd | PIT | Bryan Rust | Tripping | 03:45 | 2:00 |
NSH | James Neal | Cross checking | 07:31 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Roughing | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
NSH | P. K. Subban | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Roman Josi | Interference | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
PIT | Patric Hornqvist | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Roman Josi | Roughing | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Viktor Arvidsson | Fighting – major | 11:32 | 5:00 | |
NSH | Roman Josi | Roughing | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Viktor Arvidsson | Misconduct | 11:32 | 10:00 | |
PIT | Carl Hagelin | Misconduct | 11:32 | 10:00 | |
PIT | Carl Hagelin | Fighting – major | 11:32 | 5:00 | |
PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Roughing | 11:32 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Austin Watson | Charging | 12:40 | 2:00 | |
NSH | Colton Sissons | Match penalty | 19:26 | 5:00 | |
NSH | Yannick Weber | Fighting – major | 19:26 | 5:00 | |
NSH | Austin Watson | Misconduct | 19:26 | 10:00 | |
PIT | Trevor Daley | Misconduct | 19:26 | 10:00 | |
PIT | Chris Kunitz | Fighting – major | 19:26 | 5:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
Nashville | 9 | 6 | 9 | 24 | |
Pittsburgh | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
June 11 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 2–0 | Nashville Predators | Bridgestone Arena | Recap |
The game remained scoreless until the final two minutes of the third period when former-Predator
Patric Hornqvist scored the game winning goal with 1:35 left in the game. A challenge was made against the goal as the Predators thought goaltender interference was involved, but it was ruled a good goal.
Carl Hagelin added an empty net goal to end the game 2–0.
[8]
[9]
There was some controversy during the game. A Predators goal was called back when the referee blew a quick whistle. Referee Kevin Pollock lost sight of the puck when it was actually loose in the goal crease. [10]
Scoring summary | |||||
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Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
1st | None | ||||
2nd | None | ||||
3rd | |||||
PIT | Patric Hornqvist (5) | Justin Schultz (2) and Chris Kunitz (6) | 18:25 | 1–0 PIT | |
PIT | Carl Hagelin (2) – en | Brian Dumoulin (5) | 19:46 | 2–0 PIT | |
Penalty summary | |||||
Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
1st | PIT | Ian Cole | Interference | 13:14 | 2:00 |
2nd | PIT | Conor Sheary | Tripping | 04:38 | 2:00 |
3rd | PIT | Olli Maatta | Tripping | 07:19 | 2:00 |
PIT | Trevor Daley | Roughing | 08:47 | 2:00 |
Shots by period | |||||
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Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
Pittsburgh | 9 | 13 | 7 | 29 | |
Nashville | 8 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
The Stanley Cup was presented to Penguins captain Sidney Crosby by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. The following players and staff qualified to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup:[ citation needed]
Included in the team picture, but left off of the Stanley Cup.
Players who won three cups with Pittsburgh 2009, 2016, 2017 Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin(5).
In Canada, the series was broadcast by Sportsnet and simulcast by CBC Television in English, and TVA Sports in French. In the U.S., NBC broadcast most of the games; games two and three were aired by NBCSN. [11] In the U.S., the games were seen by an average of 4.762 million viewers, an increase of 19% over the 2016 finals, and the highest-rated finals without an Original Six team. Despite competition from the 2017 Tony Awards broadcast and the return of ABC's Sunday-night game show block, game six achieved a total viewership of 7.086 million. [12]
The NHL on Westwood One/ NBC Sports Radio carried the games throughout the United States on radio and through online streaming, [13] while the home calls of Nashville ( WPRT-FM/ Predators Radio Network) and Pittsburgh ( WXDX-FM/ Penguins Radio Network) was available both over the air in their home markets and through online streaming.