Aberg, Guentzel trade early goals in Game 2 of Stanley Cup Finals

The Predators and the Penguins will take goals however they can get them, and they showed fans both pretty and ugly goals early in Game 2.

The Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins provided some early fireworks in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, with both hits and scoring dominating the first period.

Goals can tend to be a little more rare in the Finals, and teams will surely take them wherever and however they can get them. While the Predators showed some nice skill on their scoring early, the Penguins found themselves on the other side of the spectrum.

For the Predators, they had one of the prettiest goals of the 2017 NHL postseason, courtesy of Pontus Aberg early in the first frame. Aberg showcased some incredible dangles and even better patience as he weaved his way through the Penguins defense and miraculously scoring past Matt Murray in net.

Just a few minutes later in the first period, the Penguins found an equalizer. Jake Guentzel found the back of the net past Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne on what won’t be featured on any positive highlight reel for Rinne in this series.

Guentzel found himself right in front of the net and took a Conor Sheary rebound right off Rinne and in for the tying goal.

The scoring provided a nice relief from the plethora of big hits and penalties the first period looked like it would be full of. Both teams found themselves responsible for some bad cross-checks, courtesy of Matt Irwin for the Predators and Chris Kunitz for the Penguins.

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The two teams showcased their high scoring in Game 1, with a 5-3 final score going in the Penguins’ favor for a 1-0 series lead. At this rate, the series won’t be short of any scoring, and we will surely see some more beautiful goals like Aberg’s, along with some more ugly ones like Guentzel’s.