Another year. Another championship coming to Pittsburgh.

Related: Penguins repeat as Stanley Cup champions

With the Pittsburgh Penguins successfully defending the Stanley Cup on Sunday, their Steel City neighbors were more than ready to offer their congratulations.

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Sidney Crosby is the most valuable player of the playoffs.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain finished the postseason with eight goals and 19 assists in 25 games. It is the second straight Conn Smythe Trophy win for Crosby, who captured the award a year ago when the Penguins defeated the San Jose Sharks to win the Stanley Cup.

Crosby becomes just the third player to win back-to-back Conn Smythes. Goaltender Bernie Parent did so with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1974 and 1975, while Mario Lemieux did the same with the Penguins in 1991 and 1992.

The Penguins defeated the Nashville Predators in six games to capture their fifth championship in franchise history.

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Repeat.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are back-to-back Stanley Cup champions.

Sidney Crosby and Co. defeated the Nashville Predators 2-0 in Sunday's Game 6 to win the Stanley Cup Final 4-2. Patric Hornqvist scored the winning goal at 18:25 of the third period, and Carl Hagelin sealed the deal with an empty-net goal. Matt Murray was spectacular in the crease, stopping 27 shots to earn his second straight shutout.

It's the fifth Stanley Cup in Penguins history, each won on the road.

The game was filled with controversy, after an early second-period goal by Colton Sissons was ruled no-goal after referee Kevin Pollack blew the play dead early having lost sight of the puck.

The referees did their best to try and make it up to Nashville, the Predators going on four power plays to Pittsburgh's none, but Peter Laviolette's crew couldn't find the back of the net.

Pittsburgh is the first team to repeat as Cup champs in the Stanley Cup era, and the first since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998.

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Patric Hornqvist, Stanley Cup hero.

The Pittsburgh Penguins winger scored the first and winning goal of Game 6 with 1:35 remaining in the third period by banking the puck off Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne from behind the net.

The goal was Hornqvist's fifth of the playoffs and biggest of his life.

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The Nashville Predators thought they had a goal. But then they didn't.

Predators forward Colton Sissons was the victim of a no-goal after he banged a rebound past Pittsburgh Penguins netminder Matt Murray. Much to his chagrin, a quick whistle by the officials ruled the play dead, keeping the game scoreless.

Given that this season has seen many a minute wasted for second looks at offside calls, the social media world questioned why early whistles aren't subject to a similar review:

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Referee Kevin Pollock better hope the Nashville Predators don't lose Game 6 - and the Stanley Cup - by a goal Sunday.

Early in the second period, Pollock lost sight of the puck after Filip Forsberg fired it on Matt Murray - who didn't have control of it - and blew the play dead a second before Colton Sissons put it into the open net.

The play was not reviewable, and the call on the ice stood despite the fact the four officials on the ice got together to discuss the play, on which it was clear Murray didn't have possession.

The Predators and their fans were unsurprisingly not happy with the ruling, which could prove about as costly as it gets...

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Ryan Ellis is playing.

There was some uncertainty with respect to the Nashville Predators defenseman's status due to an undisclosed injury sustained in Game 5, but he's giving it a go in Game 6.

Ellis has been a force on the blue line for Nashville during the playoffs, and the Predators need him Sunday, as the club must win in order to force a Game 7 on Wednesday.

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The Nashville Predators are hosting their final home game of the season on Sunday, and everyone wants to be there.

With Bridgestone Arena filled to capacity, close to 100,000 fans were expected to gather outside for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The festivities were kicked off by a free Luke Bryan concert, which no doubt drew some bodies to the area.

Here's a few other angles of the scene.

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In order to push a Game 7, this will need to be a reality.

Win or lose, Predators fans have proven to be next level during these playoffs.

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Gerard Gallant has not bookmarked Cap Friendly's expansion draft tool.

In fact, the first head coach in Vegas Golden Knights history has not spent any time at all attempting to project the team's roster after this , he told team insider Gary Lawless.

"I'll coach the players we get," Gallant said. "And as long as we're working hard - we'll be just fine."

Gallant also said he received a call from Golden Knights general manager George McPhee only a couple of weeks after being fired by the Florida Panthers in late November.

He first interviewed for the head coaching job a few weeks after the call, and knew right then he wanted the gig, although the the official announcement of his hiring was made on April 13.

Despite not doing any personal projections, Gallant expects some "real good players" to be selected by McPhee in the expansion draft.

Results will be made public at the NHL Awards on June 21.

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The Florida Panthers are expected to name Bob Boughner as their new head coach as early as Monday. The promotion will lift Boughner from his role as assistant coach of the San Jose Sharks, where he worked under former Panthers bench boss, Pete DeBoer.

DeBoer believes his former employer is doing the right thing by poaching his assistant from the past two seasons.

"The best compliment I can give him is that if I was hiring a new coach for a team, he would be a guy I would hire," said DeBoer, according to George Richards of the Miami Herald.

Boughner has 10 years of NHL experience as a player, but DeBoer says his protege isn't resting on old laurels.

"He came up the right way," DeBoer said. "He rode the buses and didn't just expect to get a job. He worked hard for this, paid his dues and deserves this. I have no doubt he is going to be successful."

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