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)
