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AP Sports WriterPenguins head home upbeat despite 0-fer in NashvilleBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) The goals that came so easily to the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final - the ones that arrived in bunches and seemed to signal an emphatic end to...

AP Sports WriterBlue mutt named Stanley set tone for Preds' attacking styleBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The instant one of the Pittsburgh Penguins passes the puck to a teammate, one of the Nashville Predators closes in, taking away any time or space to operate.The junkyard dog approach...

AP Sports WriterPreds even Stanley Cup Final at 2-2, beat Penguins 4-1By TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Frederick Gaudreau sure is doing his best to earn his own locker with the Nashville Predators with a Stanley Cup Final debut for the ages.For now, he insists he is happy...

AP Sports WriterPreds even Stanley Cup Final at 2-2, beat Penguins 4-1By TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Frederick Gaudreau sure is doing his best to earn his own locker with the Nashville Predators with a Stanley Cup Final debut for the ages.For now, he insists he is happy...

AP Sports WriterCharles Barkley takes up Bettman's invitation to Cup FinalBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Charles Barkley has not been shy sharing that he is far more excited about the Stanley Cup playoffs than the NBA playoffs.Thanks to a night off in the NBA Finals , Barkley...

AP Sports WriterPreds even Stanley Cup Final at 2-2, beat Penguins 4-1By TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Frederick Gaudreau sure is doing his best to earn his own locker with the Nashville Predators with a Stanley Cup Final debut for the ages.An undrafted free agent playing just his...

Associated PressCrosby scores, Malkin shoots yet Penguins lose 4-1 to PredsBy JIM DIAMONDNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Pittsburgh Penguins needed more from their stars. They got more, just not nearly enough against Pekka Rinne and the Nashville Predators.Sidney Crosby scored his first goal in the Stanley Cup Final in...

The Latest: Predators beat Penguins 4-1, even Final at 2-2NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local):10:05 p.m.Pekka Rinne was spectacular, Frederick Gaudreau scored a tiebreaking goal early in the second period and the Nashville Predators handed Pittsburgh a 4-1...

The Latest: Predators lead Pens 3-1 late in Game 4NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final (all times local):9:45 p.m.The Nashville Predators are a hanging on to a two-goal lead against Pittsburgh late in in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final,...

Underwood puts off birthday present for Preds' FisherNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Mike Fisher's birthday present will have to wait.Country music superstar Carrie Underwood said she didn't get Fisher - her husband and the Nashville Predators' captain - anything for his 37th birthday on Monday. She's hoping Fisher can celebrate...

AP Sports WriterCrosby has no time for Subban's games in Stanley Cup FinalBy TERESA M. WALKERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) P.K. Subban says ask the Pittsburgh Penguins if he's getting under their skin. The All-Star defenseman only knows he apparently needs to work on his breath on the ice and...

Pens center Nick Bonino tests injured foot, still day to dayNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Pittsburgh center Nick Bonino tested his injured left foot by skating with teammates, and now he has to wait and see how it reacts before deciding if he might be available Monday night for Game...