By one strange stat, Penguins have advantage over Sharks in Stanley Cup finals quest

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The Stanley Cup finals will pit the two teams with the best records in the NHL over the last 10 seasons.

It will also put to the test an interesting and perhaps odd trend that has carried through the last 15 seasons.

Won Conference Finals in Game 7

Opponent Won in Less Than 7

(Last 15 Seasons)

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This will be the seventh time in the past 15 seasons that the Stanley Cup finals features one team that went seven games it its conference finals series and one team that did not.

The team coming off the Game 7 victory went on to win the Stanley Cup each of the previous six times — so, advantage Pittsburgh Penguins over the San Jose Sharks.

The Penguins got there on the strength of …

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