Colton Sissons Suspended for Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final for High Stick

The Nashville Predators will reportedly be without forward Colton Sissons for Sunday's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.

On Thursday, Sportsnet reported Sissons was suspended one game after he received a match penalty in the final minute of the Pittsburgh Penguins' 6-0 victory in Game 5. Sissons cross-checked Pittsburgh's Olli Maatta, drawing the penalty.

Sissons' hit was part of a physical third period that featured 90 combined penalty minutes between the two teams, per Sportsnet. Things were chippy before the third period as Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby and Nashville's P.K. Subban were in a scuffle that saw Crosby drive Subban's head into the ice.

As for Sissons' suspension, Chris Johnston of Sportsnet pointed to the match penalties ruling ensuring the punishment:

Sissons wasn't a formidable offensive threat during the regular season with 10 points in 58 games, but he has 12 points in the playoffs. What's more, the Predators are already without center Ryan Johansen for the rest of the postseason after he underwent surgery, leaving them particularly shorthanded against Pittsburgh goaltender Matt Murray after he notched a shutout Thursday.

Nashville is 9-1 at home in the playoffs and will need to generate more magic in Bridgestone Arena without Sissons to extend the series to a decisive seventh game.