Following Monday night's 3-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks, the Pittsburgh Penguins are one victory away from capturing the Stanley Cup.
Behind goals from Ian Cole, Evgeni Malkin and Eric Fehr, the Eastern Conference champions extended their lead to 3-1. They can capture their first title in seven years when they host Game 5 on Thursday night.
According to WhoWins, NHL teams have protected a 3-1 lead 90.1 percent of the time. The odds of a comeback diminish in the Stanley Cup Final, where nobody has erased such a deficit when needing to take Game 7 on the road.
Pittsburgh has three chances, two at Consol Energy Center, to close the deal. San Jose, meanwhile, faces a steep climb to hoisting its first trophy in franchise history.
Although hardly a blowout and evenly matched for most of the evening, Game 4 marked Pittsburgh's most decisive win of the series.
The first three contests all went to the wire and were decided by one goal. Not on Monday, when the Penguins built a lead in the first period and never looked back.
However, the ...
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