Preview: Penguins vs. Flyers (1/15/21)

The Flyers and Penguins meet again in the final game of a two game series at the Wells Fargo Center. Philadelphia convincingly won 6-3 on Wednesday backed by a four point night from Joel Farabee (1 G, 3 A). Kevin Hayes (1 G, 1 A) and Erik Gustafsson (2 A) had multi-point games.

It can be very difficult to beat the same NHL team twice, but the Flyers weren’t at their best despite the scoreline. It was a 3-3 game until Michael Raffl broke the deadlock five minutes into the third period. Oskar Lindblom and Kevin Hayes provided the insurance.

More and more rust will continue to shake off the more games the Flyers get under their belts. Even Carter Hart had an ugly turnover which caused the 2nd Pens goal to Sidney Crosby. It will be interesting to see the response from Pittsburgh in part two of this two game series.

PHI: 1-0-0 (41-21-7 in 2019-2020)

PIT: 0-1-0 (40-23-6 in 2019-2020)

When: 7:00 PM

Where: Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

PHI Goalie: Carter Hart (1-0, .912 SV%, 3.00 GAA)

PIT Goalie: Tristan Jarry (0-1, .760 SV%, 6.01 GAA)

PHI Unofficial Lineup

Lindblom – Couturier – Konecny

Giroux – Hayes – Farabee

JVR – Patrick – Voracek

Raffl – Laughton – NAK

Provorov – Braun

Sanheim – Myers

Hagg – Gustafsson

PIT Unofficial Lineup

Guentzel – Crosby – Rodriguez

Zucker – Malkin – Rust

McCann – Jankowski – Tanev

Lafferty – Blueger – Sceviour

Dumoulin – Letang

Pettersson – Marino

Matheson – Ruhwedel

Last Game PHI: 6-3 victory against the Penguins on Wednesday.

Last Game PIT: 6-3 loss against the Flyers on Wednesday.

Past Games

1/13/21: 6-3 PHI: Joel Farabee (1 G, 3 A), Kevin Hayes (1 G, 1 A), Erik Gustafsson (2 A)

1/31/20: 4-3 PIT (OT): Matt Niskanen (2 A), Tyler Pitlick (1 G, 1 A), Scott Laughton (1 G), Jake Voracek (1 G)

1/21/20: 3-0 PHI: Jake Voracek (1 G), JVR (1 G), Justin Braun (1 ENG)

10/29/19: 7-1 PIT: Oskar Lindblom (1 G)

News and Notes

The opening night game between the Flyers and Pens was the most watched regular season NBCSN NHL game in the network’s history with an average total audience delivery of 972,000 viewers. The game peaked with 1.264 million viewers from 7:30 – 7:45 PM.

Broadcast Info: NBC Sports Philadelphia, NHL Network, 97.5 The Fanatic

Injuries: Shayne Gostisbehere (unfit to play)

Next Up: Monday – Sabres @ Flyers (7:30 PM, NBC Sports Network, NBC Sports Philadelphia)