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Flyers Put Penguins on the Brink With 5-2 Win, Lead Series 3-0

A raucous crowd plus a timely power play shifted momentum toward a Saturday closeout.

Overview

  • Philadelphia beat Pittsburgh 5-2 on Wednesday in South Philly to go up 3-0, a hole only four NHL teams have ever climbed out of.
  • A second-period scrum sent 11 players to the box and set up Trevor Zegras’ tying power-play strike that flipped the game.
  • Dan Vladar stopped 28 shots and stayed in after a brief right arm scare, continuing to outplay Penguins starter Stuart Skinner.
  • The Penguins have just four goals through three games, with their power play stalling early in the series before two goals in Game 3.
  • Elsewhere in Round 1, Dallas leads Minnesota 2-1 after a double-overtime winner by Wyatt Johnston, and Anaheim evened its series with Edmonton 1-1.