Pens Points: Who's Gonna Take the Lead?

Here are your Pens Points for your Thursday morning...

Tonight, just after 8:00 p.m., the Penguins will take the ice to battle the Predators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. With 2 out of the last 3 games in Pittsburgh, it's up to the Pens to regain control and win the series. [Trib Live]

Geno has quite a knack for predicting certain events before big games. Well, before Game 5, the Penguins' biggest game to date, he offered up another prediction: It's time for Phil the Thrill to explode. [Trib Live]

Sidney Crosby has been reunited with Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary in hopes of finding the magic they had in the regular season and, in the process, tip the scales in the Penguins' favor. [Post-Gazette]

The Penguins are doing their best to ignore the outside noise and focus on their game. [Penguins]

News and notes from around the NHL...

The city of Seattle has moved one step closer to potentially housing an arena for an NBA or NHL team. [CBC]

Here's a look at the NHL's top unrestricted free agents of 2018. [Sportsnet]

If the Flames can't secure a new arena, Brian Burke says they will "just leave." [Puck Daddy]