Eight regular season games weren’t enough for the Nashville Predators and Carolina Hurricanes, who play one another starting Monday in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoff series.
The NHL’s postseason schedule was finally released Thursday afternoon with Games 1 and 2 in Carolina on Monday and Wednesday, Games 3 and 4 in Nashville on Friday and Sunday, and if necessary, Game 5 in Carolina on Tuesday, May 25, Game 6 in Nashville on Thursday, May 27, and Game 7 in Carolina on Saturday, May 9.
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