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The Pittsburgh Penguins trio of Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and Kris Letang have been together for 20 years, but could be split up after losing their series to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. The Pens dropped Game 6 by a score of 1-0 in overtime to the Flyers, after crawling back from being down 3-0…
Since the Flyers went up 3-0 against the Penguins last week, one of the prevailing narratives around the team was a reminder of how difficult it is to put away a series completely, particularly against a veteran team like that Penguins squad. When the Flyers delivered a flat showing in Game 4, and when they failed to complete their comeback in Game 5 to come away with the win, that fact was driven home as clearly as could be. Their fate was still in their own hands, but this task would be as d...
It was a white-knuckle Game 6, but in the end the Philadelphia Flyers prevailed in their first-round battle against the Pittsburgh Penguins. And before we look ahead to the Carolina Hurricanes, it’s grading day for all of the Flyers who participated in the six-game series. Here they are according to position, but in no particular order. Goaltenders Dan Vladar Vladar stopped 148 of 158 shots in six games and change, including a stellar 42-save performance in Game 6. A ridiculousl...
Before the Philadelphia Flyers took on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the playoffs, a whole bunch of writers here at Broad Street Hockey huddled around a document and decided to jot down some thoughts and some predictions for what is going to happen. And now, after the Flyers knocked the Penguins out of the playoffs in six games, we get to sit back and look at all of our predictions and just how right (or terribly wrong) they are. Well, hopefully we don’t look like a b...
The Pittsburgh Penguins playoff run and 2025-26 season came to an end on Wednesday night with a 1-0 overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. It is a frustrating loss, mostly because the Penguins were the better team for most of the game, including the third period and overtime. It was the third consecutive game in […]
Throughout the Flyers first round series against the Penguins, a common talking point that was brought up either on the broadcast, or in other media circles, was the gap in playoff experience. Pittsburgh’s roster had nearly four times the postseason games played compared to the youthful Flyers, whose total was even boosted disproportionally by their grizzled fourth line. The majority of the important pieces that they were relying on had never been here before, and in the case of nam...
The postmortem for an elimination game is always something. Add in the twist that Game 6 was a 1-0 OT loss and that takes it to a new level. On the simplest of terms, it doesn’t take much more than the surface level fact that you can’t win if you don’t score. That proved to […]
It won’t show up on the scoresheet, and it wasn’t directed at anyone in particular. But at one point in overtime, Dan Vladar sounded like he had enough. And he let his teammates know it. With just under six minutes to go in Game 6, and the game still looking for its first goal, Flyers defenseman Cam York cleared the puck. But once again — as was the case for nearly all of the overtime — the Penguins gobbled the puck up in the neutral zone and drove back in. York again played the puck behi...
The playoffs are steadily widdling down the number of combatants, with the Penguins the latest to fall. Tonight the Wild-Stars and Ducks-Oilers resume their series, with the home team in each aiming to stave off elimination again. Yesterday’s late-breaking news was expected yet tempered by the Islanders’ late-season swoon: Ilya Sorokin is indeed one of […]
Up until the very end, the Pittsburgh Penguins battled and fought to force a Game 7 against the Philadelphia Flyers in their first round series, but Dan Vladar was a brick wall in net and Cam York found a just enough daylight behind Arturs Silovs to score an overtime winner that gave the Flyers a […]
With the weight of the city of Philadelphia on his shoulders, Flyers defenseman Cam York was able to finish off the Pittsburgh Penguins in dramatic fashion. Potentially ending that entire era of Penguins hockey with one quick flick of his wrist from the point in an improbable overtime period. And of course, he celebrated like a mad man. The Flyers and Penguins were butting heads for the entire 60 minutes through regulation — trading off brief glimpses of high-event hockey as both teams ha...
The Pittsburgh Penguins wanted to be the 11th team in NHL history to force a deciding Game 7 after going down 3-0 in a series but the Philadelphia Flyers stopped them in their tracks and ended up with the series win Wednesday night. Through 60 minutes, the goaltenders were perfect. It was the first time since 2002 that the Flyers went to overtime in a scoreless game — a 1-0 win against Ottawa. Through the nerves, the sweat, and the anxiety, history repeated, and the Flyers are on to the s...
Pregame The Penguins use the same players, lines and goalie from Game 5 for Game 6. Matvei Michkov is back in the lineup for the Flyers, who sit Garnet Hathaway. Philadelphia makes tweaks to all their forward lines and get Noah Juulsen back in the game on defense. First period Not the greatest start for […]
Two of the first-round series are over and more will wrap up this week as the Stanley Cup Playoffs continue. In the East, Buffalo has Boston on the brink of elimination, as Philadelphia does with Pittsburgh. Tampa and Montreal are tied at two games apiece, with that series off until Wednesday night. Out West, Utah has the early 2-1 lead over Vegas with a chance to hold home ice on Monday night, Dallas and Minnesota are deadlocked after four games in a series that feels destined for seven and A...
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Through these first five games of their first round series against the Penguins, the Flyers have been delivered standout performances from players up and down their lineup. That depth of production has been a major asset to them when they’re winning, but even in these more challenging moments of late, it’s been a real positive to see different players, and particularly their young guns, stepping up and taking an active role in driving the team towards more positive results. After Monday’s...
Let’s try this again. The Flyers have a chance to close out the series tonight and punch their ticket to the second round. They weren’t able to mount a full comeback on Monday in Pittsburgh to get it done early, but it’s a brand new day, and the possibility of locking in their advancement on home ice does feel extra sweet. The Flyers are looking to get things moving in the right direction again, and we’ll see soon if they’re able to push their game to the next level needed to put away an ...
The Philadelphia Flyers are getting ready to hopefully close out the first-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night and appear to be bringing their promising young winger back into the lineup after the controversial scratch. With the speculation in full force and rumor mills working overtime, the Flyers took to the ice this morning for an optional skate ahead of Wednesday’s Game 6 against the Penguins. And from the looks of things, there appears to be a few question...
I would like to formally apologize to the hockey gods for our hubris as Philadelphia Flyers fans. Once the Flyers went up three games to zero in their series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, we got a little cocky. Look, we haven’t been in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in six years. We haven’t had a home playoff game in eight years. We haven’t had a home playoff win in 10 years. As a wise text once mistakenly sent to me said “Im sorry for some things I said and for throwing ketchup at wall. Emotions go...
The Philadelphia Flyers are one win away from punching their ticket to the second round of the playoffs but it is a decision that head coach Rick Tocchet made for Game 5 on Monday that is dominating headlines. And now, that might lead to some interesting conversations this offseason. Matvei Michkov, as well a know by now, was a healthy scratch for the Flyers’ Game 5 in Pittsburgh against the Penguins. It ended up being a loss and now the Flyers’ 3-0 series lead has dwindled to a 3-2 lead ...
Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang have just about done it all over the last 20 years. Of course, they have the three Stanley Cups. All those Conn Smythe’s that come along with it. Crosby recently crossed into the top-5 for NHL playoff scoring. Malkin has the most playoff points of any Russian. In […]
In the heat of a tightly contested playoff series, it’s difficult to argue for moral victories, but it remains that even as the Flyers conceded another win to the Penguins last night to bring the series to a more narrow 3-2 margin, there were still positives in their play and reasons left for optimism that they can still get this thing back on track. Saturday’s Game 4 showing on home ice was, more comfortably, a poor showing. The Flyers lacked pace through much of the first half of ...
Who: Philadelphia Flyers (3-2) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2-3) in Game 6 of the best of seven series When: 7:30 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Philadelphia, nationally on TNT and truTV, streaming on HBO Max Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins need to win tonight in order to extend the series to a […]
In the NHL playoffs Tuesday night, the two trailing teams won to extend their series, while Minnesota broke the 2-2 tie to pull ahead of Dallas, 3-2. But before that, a bit of Islanders fodder… Islanders News NHL Playoffs Tonight, someone will take a 3-2 lead in the Lightning-Canadiens series, while the Penguins will look […]
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning… Are you hyped for Game 6 tonight? How’s this for a stat on the Penguins’ resilience? The Penguins have already beaten the odds by forcing a Game 6 after trailing the Flyers 3-0. Eighty-seven percent of NHL teams in that position never make it that far. […]