Faceoff Factor: The Penguins Love Playing On NBC

Maffei1 posted 5/18/2008 from www.faceoff-factor.com [flag]

Are you looking for even more of a reason to believe that the Penguins will be victorious in Game Five? Besides the fact that only 8.4% of Stanley Cup Playoff series that start off 3-0 make it to a sixth game (13 out of 155), the Penguins are undefeated this season when playing on NBC. In games televised by NBC, the Pens have gone 7-0-0 this season. Let’s take a look at those games. [link]

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