The Stanley Cup Finals pose a seven-game series like none other. Unlike other sports where the higher seed has the best chance of going to the finals, in the NHL the last team to qualify seems to have as good a chance to make it to the last round as the top team in the league.
Over the past five seasons, there has only been two teams that have made it to the finals more than once (Chicago 2013/2015 and Los Angeles 2012/2014).
And this year, that tradition will stay the same. Two teams that have not been to the Stanley Cup Finals in this 2010’s era, being the San Jose Sharks and Pittsburgh Penguins, will duke it out to determine a final winner.