The Columbus Blue Jackets traded forward Egor Chinakhov to the Pittsburgh Penguins at the end of December. The Blue Jackets let Chinakhov languish in the bottom-six, and at times was a healthy scratch. The 21st overall selection in 2020 has skyrocketed in production after being placed under the leadership of head coach Dan Muse. In the last 43 games of his career, he's scored 36 points (18-18), being given the responsibility as a top-nine forward in the Penguins' lineup. A s...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are up 2-0 in their first-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins and we feel, oh, we feel so good. Now is the opportunity to take a dominating lead in this series.
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The Penguins are desperate. They made sweeping changes to their lineup with a hope that it will make a difference. Letâs hope that it doesnât. [BSH]
One key thing is that the Fly...
The Pittsburgh Penguins are desperate and itâs wonderful to see. Ahead of Game 3 against the Philadelphia Flyers, as we head into the Xfinity Mobile Arena feeling better than we ever thought we would after the first two playoff games in six years, Penguins head coach Dan Muse has shuffled his forward lines in an attempt to find an answer.
The Penguins have been dead in the water for two straight games and their coaching staff can sense something needs to change. Too bad itâs not âget bett...
The Philadelphia Flyers are back in the playoffs, and the NHL gave them a primetime slot for their first postseason game since 2020 on Saturday night.
While some complained that there could be better matchups in that slot, the television ratings are in, and Game 1 between the Flyers and Penguins set some new records on ESPN.
According to ESPN , 2.1 million viewers tuned in to watch the Flyers take down the Penguins 3-2 on Saturday night. That was a 173% increase over ESPNâs first-rou...
The Philadelphia Flyers can't let the Pittsburgh Penguins get an advantage while up 2-0 in the series.
It looks like the Penguins will be trying some new lines tonight in Game 3 against the Philadelphia Flyers. Hereâs how they were working at this morningâs skate. Rickard Rakell moved back from the top line in the middle of Game 2, it looks like the old familiar first line will be back in action [âŠ]
Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (0-2) @ Philadelphia Flyers (2-0) in Game 3 of the best of seven series When: 7:00 p.m. ET How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Philadelphia, nationally on TNT and TruTV, streaming on HBO Max Pensâ Path Ahead: Game 4 wonât be until Saturday (8:00pm start). If necessary, Game 5 would [âŠ]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins completed a fine regular season with a 46-17-7-2 record (the third and fourth items being OT and SO losses split out). That completed a 101-point season â third best in the entire AHL and gave WBS just their third 100+ point year. Unfortunately for them, the best team in the AHL in [âŠ]
*The boys are home, friends! The first Flyers home playoff game in what feels like 84 years will happen tonight and I sincerely hope you are as hype as I am for this experience. If youâre not yet hype, please allow yourself to become hype by drinking the tears of Penguins fans. [ BSH ]
*And if youâre a subscriber over at Charlieâs website, you can get hype by checking out his Thoughts on Game 2. [ PHLY ]
*Or perhaps Owen Tippett turning the entire Penguins roster into a bunch of usel...
Here are your Pens Points for this Wednesday morning⊠The Pittsburgh Penguinsâ recent playoff struggles at home continued with back-to-back losses to the Philadelphia Flyers in Games 1 and 2. Pittsburghâs home-ice playoff struggles run deeper than this series against their cross-state rival, however. Since winning the Stanley Cup in 2016 and 2017, Pittsburgh has [âŠ]
The Philadelphia Flyers are shocking the hockey world with their dominance over the Pittsburgh Penguins through the first two games of their playoff series. Much of this success stems from the result of a successful off-season that had Trevor Zegras, Christian Dvorak, Porter Martone, Dan Vladar, and Rick Tocchet arrive in Philadelphia. The Flyers haveâŠ
The Penguins havenât given the home fans at PPG Paints Arena a lot to cheer about over the last several years. With losses to the Flyers in Games and 2 of the teamâs playoff series, thereâs no guarantee that the fans will get to see another home hockey game in Pittsburgh this season unless the [âŠ]
The Philadelphia Flyers are defying the odds and have an emphatic 2-0 series lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And, they just so happen to be impressing a whole lot of people around the NHL, including a star player.
Coming into this series, the Penguins were the major favorite. Whether you went by the sportsbooks, or virtually every hockey analytics site pumping out a projection in the Penguinsâ favor, or even national media members choosing...
This has been a wildly disappointing return to the playoffs for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Not only are they down 2-0 to the Philadelphia Flyers after Monday nightâs 3-0 loss, they have lost both games at home, now have to go on the road, and seem to be the team that is not ready for the [âŠ]
At one point early in his career Bobby Crosby was âall thatâ as a prospect. He seemed like he might be able to describe himself as âCrosby, Skills & Mashâ â and he was even young. Now he plays a dual role as an Aâs coach, serving as infield coach and 3B coach. The first [âŠ]
Sports fandom is not sane or rational in any possible way. If you were, it would be extremely boring and would take a whole lot of the passion away from something that means so much to a whole lot of people. But, because of that the Philadelphia Flyers winning Game 2 and leaving Pittsburgh up 2-0 in the first-round series between archrivals, is making Penguins fans go absolutely insane.
Coming into the series, a whole lot of people that watch hockey and talk about hockey for their job wer...
After generating just 18 shots on goal (and only one goal before resorting from pulling their goalie in desperation time to find a second goal) in Game 1, the Pittsburgh Penguins were unable to get much of anything going as a counter to that slow start in Game 2. In fact, the opposite happened for [âŠ]
The Flyers picked up a hard-fought win last night in Pittsburgh to put themselves up 2-0 in the series and head back home with momentum to spare.
And while last night still didnât see that Penguins offense firing on all cylinders â we can again give the Flyersâ forechecking game some credit for that, for the disruptive work they put in â they were able to pick up steam pretty significantly as the game went on, and it became a real challenge for the Flyers to lock things down and maintain ...
Jordan Martinook notched the game-winning goal at 13:53 of double overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 victory, and a 2-0 series lead, over the Ottawa Senators at Lenovo Center on Monday.
Dan Vladar made 27 saves and rookie Porter Martone scored for the second straight game for the Philadelphia Flyers, who defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in Game 2 at PPG Paints Arena to take a two-game lead over the Sidney Crosby and company.
Wyatt Johnston scored t...
The Penguins are in trouble. Theyâre heading to Philadelphia this week down two games in their first-round series and, barring some immediate changes, could be staring down a 3-0 hole by Wednesday night. Dan Muse and the Penguins have a few changes available to them before Wednesday, including some potential personnel changes. Hereâs some possibilities: [âŠ]
Monday night was a chance for the Pittsburgh Penguins to make things right after a lackluster showing in Game 1 and tie up this first round series before heading to the road for Games 3 and 4. That was not at all how Game 2 went for the Penguins as they turned in another letdown [âŠ]
*Folks, the Flyers are on their way home from Pittsburgh up 2 games to none on the Pittsburgh Penguins. They shut them out last night. This is so much fun! Are you having fun?? RECAP !
*Ahead of last nightâs game we learned that the Flyers elected to bring up a couple more Black Aces for this run, however long this run may be. [ BSH ]
*Despite the win there was a lot to learn from Game 1, and the Flyers really didnât seem to learn too much but they won anyway! Wild stuff! [ BSH ]
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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.
Th...
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 [âŠ]