Peter Laviolette isn't resting on his laurels.

The Nashville Predators head coach kept things in perspective after becoming the fourth bench boss in NHL history to take three different teams to the Stanley Cup Final.

"Probably means that I got fired a lot," he told reporters with a laugh postgame Monday night. "I'm fortunate to be here working and fortunate (general manager) David Poile gave me a job. And when you do that, you're not thinking about things like that, you're just thinking about coming to work."

The Predators advanced to their first Cup Final with a 6-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final, sending Laviolette back to the championship round for the first time since 2010, when his Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Chicago Blackhawks.

He won it all as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, and he now joins Scotty Bowman, Dick Irvin, and Mike Keenan as the only bench bosses to reach the final round with three different organizations.

"I've got such a great group of guys in the (dressing) room that I get to work with every day and the coaches get to work with every day," Laviolette added Monday night. "And that's what we've pretty much done this year, is just all of us tried to go to work and tried to get better. And we find ourselves in the position we're going to play for the Cup."

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Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan is all-in on the Nashville Predators.

After getting the crowd on its feet with his teammates before Game 3 of the Western Conference final, Lewan was back in the building Monday night to see his team finish off the Anaheim Ducks and punch its ticket to the Stanley Cup Final.

After Predators forward Colton Sissons completed his game-winning hat trick, Lewan and the team's trademark catfish made their way down to the glass in time for the Titans blocker to launch his little buddy onto the ice.

Of course, he wasn't the only member of the Titans to show his support Monday night.

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Anaheim Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle provided some clarity regarding his starting netminder Monday following the club's loss in Game 6, revealing it was a hamstring injury that hampered John Gibson with the season on the line.

Gibson was injured in the first period of Game 5 on Saturday night, which the Ducks originally classified as a lower-body ailment. The crease was left to Jonathan Bernier on Monday, who made his first-career postseason start, a 6-3 loss that sent the Nashville Predators to the Stanley Cup Final.

It's impossible to determine whether Gibson could have extended the Ducks' season, but goaltending was certainly a problem for Anaheim in their final game, as Bernier allowed two goals in 8:47 to begin the first period.

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The Nashville Predators weren't going to have their team picture taken without Ryan Johansen.

The club waited for the injured forward to join them on the ice for the celebratory photo following a series-clinching 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final on Monday night.

Johansen was ruled out for the rest of the playoffs Friday with a thigh injury that was eventually confirmed to be acute compartment syndrome.

He and fellow injured Predators forward Kevin Fiala helped fire up the crowd Monday night after watching Game 5 together from a local hospital.

Injured Predators captain Mike Fisher also joined the club for the photo Monday night, stepping on to the ice in a suit and tie.

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Adversity doesn't mean a thing to the Nashville Predators.

After a disappointing start to the regular season, and a slew of injuries in the Western Conference Final, the Predators have still managed to make history.

Not only are the Preds off to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in the franchise's existence, they're the first team to play for the cup as the No. 16 seed, per Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.

Nashville closed out the season with 94 points, tied with Calgary for the lowest total of any team to qualify for the playoffs. Due to regulation and overtime wins, the Preds were slotted at the bottom of the West, and while the NHL doesn't use the traditional one-to-eight conference seeding anymore, it's a wildly impressive feat nonetheless.

Three No. 8 seeds have reached the finals in the salary cap era, most recently the Los Angeles Kings, who won it all in 2012.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Colton Sissons scored his third goal with 6:00 left, ensuring the Nashville Predators' magical postseason now includes the franchise's first trip to the Stanley Cup Final after eliminating the Anaheim Ducks with a 6-3 win in Game 6 on Monday night.

The Predators, who've never won even a division title in their 19-year history, came in with the fewest points of any team in these playoffs.

Now they've swept the West's No. 1 seed in Chicago, downed St. Louis in six in the second round and then the Pacific Division champ in six games. Peter Laviolette became the fourth coach to take three different teams to the Final, and the first since the playoffs split into conference play in 1994.

The Predators will play either defending champion Pittsburgh or Ottawa for the Stanley Cup. Game 1 is next Monday.

Anaheim lost in the conference finals for the second time in three years.

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Colton Sissons has officially reached legend status in Nashville.

The Predators center, thrust into an increased role due to injuries to Ryan Johansen and Mike Fisher, delivered the game of his life Monday night, bagging a hat trick to secure his club a berth in their first-ever Stanley Cup Final.

Sissons' third goal came at 14:00 of the third period on a beautiful feed from Calle Jarnkrok, and appropriately sent the Bridgestone Arena crowd into pandemonium.

Nashville would end up adding two empty-netters for a 6-3 final.

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Dylan Strome was in seventh heaven Monday night.

The Arizona Coyotes prospect exploded for four goals and three assists in the Erie Otters' 12-5 rout of the Saint John Sea Dogs in Memorial Cup action Monday night.

Here's the goal that gave Strome the record for points in a single game at the tournament:

Strome's teammate, Taylor Raddysh, tied the previous record with six points of his own, and the Otters also set a new all-time team mark for the most goals in a Memorial Cup game, surpassing the 11 notched by Quebec in 1974 and by Regina in 1980.

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Viktor Arvidsson's bloody scarlet letter didn't go unnoticed on social media.

Some Twitter users went to work filling in the word(s) Arvidsson's gash supposedly spelled out, while others pondered the letter's significance after the Nashville Predators forward's forehead was cut open on a hit by Anaheim Ducks winger Nick Ritchie in Game 6 on Monday night.

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The Nashville Predators have some additional inspiration for Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks.

Injured forwards Kevin Fiala and Ryan Johansen joined the Predators faithful to cheer on their teammates at the elimination game Monday night.

Johansen was ruled out for the playoffs Friday afternoon with a left thigh injury that was later confirmed to be acute compartment syndrome. Fiala broke his femur on an awkward fall into the boards in Game 1 of Nashville's second-round series against the St. Louis Blues.

The pair watched Game 5 of the Western Conference Final together from a local hospital Saturday night.

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