<P> The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League 's ( NHL ) 2016 -- 17 season , and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs . The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators , four games to two . Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year . </P>
<P> The 2017 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League 's ( NHL ) 2016 -- 17 season , and the culmination of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs . The Eastern Conference champion and defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Western Conference champion Nashville Predators , four games to two . Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the playoffs for the second consecutive year . </P>
who did pittsburgh play for the stanley cup 2017
who did pittsburgh play for the stanley cup 2017
Nashville Predators
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