The Philadelphia Flyers are riding high back into the superior Pennsylvania city after taking both games in Pittsburgh. They built on Saturday night’s 3-2 win with a shutout victory on Monday night to take a commanding 2-0 series lead on the road.
A lot of things have been going right for the Flyers in this series, and that continued in Game 2. That’s not to say that the Flyers are getting lucky or favorable calls (perhaps the opposite) by any means, but rather that they’ve played the rig...
With a surprise Game 1 victory, the Flyers had stolen home-ice advantage from the Penguins. Weathering the early storm behind another solid effort from Dan Vladar, Philadelphia opened up a 2-0 lead, including one of the best efforts of the season from Owen Tippett short-handed. It would end there, and Porter Martone has his second game-winning goal in his two playoff games. For just the third time in franchise history, the Flyers won the first two games on the road in a playoff series.
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Pregame No lineup changes for the Penguins from Game 1, including going back to Stuart Skinner as the starting goalie. The Flyers have one change from Game 1, Noah Juulsen is in and Emil Andrae is out on the blueline. First period Penalties are the story of the first period, the teams combine for eight […]
Ahead of tonight’s Game 2 matchup in Pittsburgh, the Philadelphia Flyers are making a change on the blueline, with defenseman Emil Andrae not appearing in the pre-game warmup skate. Officially, Andrae is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Injury update: Flyers defenseman Emil Andrae (upper-body) is day-to-day. — x – Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) April 20, 2026
Earlier today Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet wouldn’t say what the lineup would be but said there could be a fe...
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The Philadelphia Flyers need to do it again. After an emphatic Game 1 win over the Penguins, they return to the ice to try and leave Pittsburgh with an improbable 2-0 series lead. Imagine going back to the good city up 2-0 in this series? It’s what dreams are made of.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP/ESPN+ 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Travis Sanheim was a workhorse in Game 1. On every side of the puck, the Flyers veteran blueliner was putting in the w...
With a huge win collected in Saturday’s Game 1 in Pittsburgh — and an even bigger first blow dealt in this already spirited series — the Flyers have a chance to put the Penguins completely on the ropes before the series shifts back home to Philadelphia, if they can keep the ball rolling and replicate some of the good work they put in throughout that first matchup.
That task, though, will be easier said than done.
For this experienced Penguins team, this would have been a difficult lo...
Travis Sanheim played an outstanding Game 1 leading to a suffocating victory over the rival Pittsburgh Penguins. They’ve laid out the blueprint to win the series as underdogs. The question now is if the veteran defenseman and the Flyers can play a near-perfect defensive game three more times. Sidney Crosby won’t go down without swinging, as Philadelphia is all too familiar with, and it starts on the back end with their number one defenseman.
Getting physical with Crosby
Sanheim doesn...
The Philadelphia Flyers will need to adjust since the Pittsburgh Penguins are guaranteed to adjust their tactics for Game 2.
The Philadelphia Flyers are adding some young talent to the blue line for some depth during what is hopefully a sizeable playoff run.
The AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms ended their regular season over the weekend and in extremely unfortunate circumstances, they missed the playoffs by a total of five points after they dropped their season finale and the Hershey Bears, who sit just one spot above them in the division standings, earned an overtime win against the Rochester Americans. It was a ...
It would be an understatement to say that things did not go well for the Pittsburgh Penguins in their Game 1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Despite the close 3-2 final score, as well as the fact they had a prime scoring chance to potentially tie the game in the closing seconds, […]
Who: Philadelphia Flyers (1-0) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (0-1) in Game 2 of the best of seven series When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Philadelphia, national on ESPN, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: Game 3 will be on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, then the series takes an extra day’s […]
*This weekend saw the Flyers open up their first round series against the Penguins, and while a playoff situation is a whole other beast, there are some key lessons that they could take into it from the regular season series. [ BSH ]
*And also, looking back further, from the last time these two teams met in the postseason. [ BSH ]
*Heading into this matchup, too, all eyes are on Dan Vladar, who’s been making quite a statement throughout this season. [ PHLY ]
*The Flyers have no ...
It was a big weekend for Philadelphia sports. The Sixers and Flyers began their first-round playoff series, while the Phillies hosted the first-place Braves for a three-game series. The Flyers came through with a hard fought 3-2 win on Saturday night. But the rest of the weekend did not go well for the city (that […]
The Philadelphia Flyers went into Pittsburgh and got a 3-2 upset win over the Penguins in Game 1 on Saturday night.
Philadelphia never trailed in the game, as a strong defensive effort limited the Penguins’ chances, and the Flyers were able to capitalize on a few of theirs.
Let’s take a deeper look at all five goals in the Flyers’ 3-2 win using NHL.com’s EDGE Goal Visualizer.
Flyers’ cycle leads to Jamie Drysdale’s opening goal
The Flyers capitalized on a long shift in the ...
While the Florida Panthers had a rough 2025-26 season, A.J. Greer had a career year with the Atlantic Division club. In 78 games this season with the Cats, he set new career highs with 17 goals, 15 assists, and 32 points. He also had 203 hits on the season. Due to this, Greer will generate a lot of interest if he decides to test the free-agent market this summer. If he does become a UFA this offseason, these three teams could look to sign him. Philadelphia Flyers The Flyers could b...
Heading into Game 1 of a series in which 10 of your players are playing their first career postseason game, the physical battle is not necessarily something you would expect to win. That should only be amplified when you consider that players like Denver Barkey, Matvei Michkov, and Trevor Zegras aren’t exactly players who look to set the tone with their physical play.
But despite a gap in experience and even physical stature, The Flyers came out hitting anything that moved. In the first p...
Philadelphia Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet wasn’t sure what to expect from his 10 players making their maiden voyage into the National Hockey League playoffs. But he couldn’t have been happier with how the team played in Game 1 on the road, and how the veterans and the youngsters seemed to take it all in stride.
“I don’t know if I was surprised, but the demeanor in today’s game, yesterday, I thought just the way they approached the game,” Tocchet said following Philadephia’s 3-2 win Satu...
The Pittsburgh Penguins played a disjointed opening game against the Flyers and ended up falling 3-2 to their instate rivals to kick off their 2026 playoff series. Where’d it all go wrong (aside from just about everything in the first 20-55 minutes?) Let’s take a look. They weren’t alone in it, but the Sam Girard […]
The Philadelphia Flyers were able to walk away from Game 1 of the first round against the Pittsburgh Penguins — the team’s first playoff game since 2020 and the first ever for so many players on this team — with a very impressive 3-2 win.
But it made a larger impact than just putting them up 1-0 in the series, several players were raving about the win and how impressive some individual performances were.
Denver Barkey battles the big guy
Flyers winger Denver Barkey isn’t a big g...
They didn’t take the easy route, nearly coughing up a two-goal lead with just over a minute to go but in the end, the Philadelphia Flyers took Game 1 with an impressive 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins to take the series lead one game to none.
Winger Porter Martone played his first playoff game, and got his first goal. To put icing on the already lovely cake thus far, it was the game-winner. Martone told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan immediately after the game he wanted to have an impact wi...
The Philadelphia Flyers lead their first round series against the hated Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 because of a significant 3-2 win in Game 1. It was just about all you could hope for but the prize of it all — the reason that we can sit back and think about how the Flyers have won the opening game of this series is because of a team-wide commitment to squeezing the life out of everyone wearing black and gold.
Coming into this series, this was one of the key advantages that the Flyers had ove...
Playoff hockey is back in Philadelphia, and the Flyers kicked off the new era with a 3-2 win in Pittsburgh. They now have home-ice advantage for the remainder of the series, and will go back to Philadelphia with the series at least tied 1-1 before Game 3.
The basics
First period: No scoring
Second period: 9:19 – Jamie Drysdale (Trevor Zegras, Denver Barkey), 15:51 – Evgeni Malkin (Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell)
Third period: 10:00 – Travis Sanheim (Rasmus Ristolai...
Pregame The Penguins get both Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte back from injury, forcing Justin Brazeau out of the lineup. Stuart Skinner gets the call to get the first start. First period The Flyers make the first mistake when Rasmus Ristolainen hits Elmer Soderblom way after a whistle stops play. Philadelphia to the penalty box […]
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