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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 8, 2018

PREDATORS, JETS VIE FOR CONFERENCE FINAL BERTH IN GAME 7 THURSDAY

NEW YORK (May 8, 2018) -- The and Jets will vie for the lone remaining berth in the Conference Finals of the 2018 when they contest Game 7 of their Second Round series Thursday in Nashville (8 p.m., ET, NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).

The winner of Thursday's showdown will advance to the Western Conference Final and face the Pacific Division's regular-season and playoff champion .

For the 10th consecutive year, the Second Round of the will conclude with a Game 7. The eventual Stanley Cup champion has won at least one Game 7 in each of the past five years.

The Predators will play host to a seventh and deciding game at Bridgestone Arena for the first time, with each of their other two such contests coming on the road in 2016. They defeated Anaheim 2-1 in the First Round and lost 5-0 at San Jose in the Second Round.

The Jets are set to play in their first Game 7 in franchise history, becoming the 29th active NHL franchise to do so (and first to make their debut since Nashville in 2016). Fourteen clubs have won their first such appearance, including 10 road victories.

The original Jets franchise played in two Game 7s, dropping a 4-1 decision at Edmonton in the 1990 Smythe Division Semifinals and losing 5-0 at Vancouver in the same round in 1992.

Head coaches of the Predators and of the Jets boast a combined .778 winning percentage in Game 7s (Laviolette 5-2, Maurice 2-0). Laviolette is one of four NHL coaches who has won a Game 7 in each of the four different playoff rounds, along with , and .

Tale of the Tape NSH WPG Reg. Season Points/NHL Rank 117/1st 114/2nd Goals (this series) 18 22 Shots on (this series) 217 213 Even-Strength Attempts (this series) 338 338 Blocked Shots (this series) 97 97 Hits (this series) 144 141 Save Percentage (this series) .910 .921 Face-Off Win Pct. (this series) 52.0% 48.0% Pct. of Time Leading (this series) 40.0% 31.4% Pct. of Time Leading (at Nashville) 15.6% 52.5%

Game 7 Trends

Of the 170 all-time Game 7s in the Stanley Cup Playoffs:

* The team that scores first is 126-44 (.741), including 0-1 in 2018. * Home teams own a 100-70 (.588) advantage, including a 1-0 record in 2018. * Forty-one have required overtime (24.2%). Home teams have a 21-20 edge.

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Individual Game 7 Statistics

Nashville GP W-L G A Pts. Winnipeg GP W-L G A Pts. Viktor Arvidsson 2 1-1 0 1 1 Matt Hendricks 3 1-2 1 0 1 Anthony Bitetto 2 1-1 0 0 0 Dmitry Kulikov 1 0-1 0 0 0 Nick Bonino 5 3-2 0 1 1 Shawn Matthias 1 0-1 0 0 0 Mattias Ekholm 2 1-1 0 0 0 Tyler Myers 1 0-1 1 1 2 Ryan Ellis 2 1-1 0 0 0 2 0-2 0 0 0 Alexei Emelin 1 1-0 0 0 0 Paul Stastny 3 2-1 2 3 5 Mike Fisher 4 1-3 0 0 0 1 0-1 0 0 0 Filip Forsberg 2 1-1 0 0 0 Scott Hartnell 4 3-1 1 1 2 Matt Irwin 2 0-2 1 0 1 Calle Jarnkrok 2 1-1 0 0 0 Ryan Johansen 2 1-1 0 0 0 Roman Josi 2 1-1 0 0 0 Miikka Salomaki 2 1-1 0 0 0 Colton Sissons 2 1-1 0 0 0 Craig Smith 2 1-1 0 0 0 P.K. Subban 4 3-1 1 1 2 Kyle Turris 2 0-2 0 1 1 Yannick Weber 1 0-1 1 0 1

GP Mins W-L GAA SO Sv% GP Mins W-L GAA SO Sv% Pekka Rinne 2 103 1-1 3.50 0 .905 Steve Mason 1 59 0-1 2.04 0 .939

Date Score Dec. Shots Date Score Dec. Shots 5/12/16 NSH 0 at SJS 5 Loss 26 4/30/14 PHI 1 at NYR 2 Loss 33 4/27/16 NSH 2 at ANA 1 Win 37

Nashville Winnipeg Head Coach

Peter Laviolette (5-2) Paul Maurice (2-0)

Date Score Dec. Date Score Dec. 5/12/16 NSH 0 at SJS 5 Loss 5/14/09 CAR 3 at BOS 2 (OT) Win 4/27/16 NSH 2 at ANA 1 Win 4/28/09 CAR 4 at NJD 3 Win 4/26/11 BUF 2 at PHI 5 Win 5/14/10 PHI 4 at BOS 3 Win 6/19/06 EDM 1 at CAR 3 Win 6/1/06 BUF 2 at CAR 4 Win 4/30/02 NYI 2 at TOR 4 Loss

Team Game 7 Results

Nashville Predators (1-1)

5/12/16, Western Conference Second Round vs. San Jose (NSH 0 at SJS 5) 4/27/16, Western Conference First Round vs. Anaheim (NSH 2 at ANA 1)

Winnipeg Jets (0-0)

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