Pittsburgh Penguins (32-22-7 71pts) v. Philadelphia Flyers (28-26-7 63pts)
Game Recap:
The 2019 Stadium Series has arrived to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and the Flyers would cough up the puck in their own zone and it would be Sidney Crosby scoring to give the Pittsburgh Penguins the early 1-0 lead. However, the Flyers would respond when Sean Couturier would walk right up the slot to make it a 1-1 game. Then we would have some fireworks after a very clean hit by Wayne Simmonds on Brian Dumoulin.
The second period would see the Flyers buzzing in the Penguins zone, but would not be able to convert. Especially after Jack Johnson kneed Nolan Patrick to give the Flyers the first powerplay of the game, which should have been a 5 minute major and a game misconduct, the Flyers would continue to buzz despite not capitalizing on the powerplay. Then Justin Schultz would blast a shot past Brian Elliott to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.
The Flyers would start the third period with some jump in their step again, but still would be stone walled by Matt Murray and the lack of whistles from the officials (another story for another day). However, the Penguins would benefit for a very fortunate bounce as an Evgeni Malkin shot would take a flukey bounce off of Elliott’s skate and in to give the Penguins a 3-1 lead. Then later in the period James van Reimsdyk would crash the net and bat in the rebound to cut the deficit to one on the powerplay. And then with 20 seconds left in regulation Jakub Voracek would shoot the puck on a bad angle and beat Murray to tie the game at three and send the game to overtime.
In overtime it had a vibe that the Penguins were going to win it with the mistakes the Flyers were making, but it would be Claude Giroux who would score the game winner two minutes into overtime to cap off the Flyers comeback victory.
Lineups:
Pittsburgh Penguins:
Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust
Zach Aston-Reese — Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel
Jared McCann – Nick Bjugstad – Patric Hornqvist
Tanner Pearson – Matt Cullen – Dominik Simon
Brian Dumoulin — Kris Letang
Jack Johnson – Justin Schultz
Marcus Pettersson – Chad Ruhwedel
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Garrett Wilson, Juuso Riikola, Teddy Blueger
Injured: Olli Maatta (upper body)
Philadelphia Flyers:
Claude Giroux – Nolan Patrick – Travis Konecny
Oskar Lindblom – Sean Couturier – Jakub Voracek
Michael Raffl – Scott Laughton – Wayne Simmonds
James van Riemsdyk – Phil Varone – Justin Bailey
Ivan Provorov – Travis Sanheim
Shayne Gostisbehere – Philippe Myers
Robert Hagg – Andrew MacDonald
Brian Elliott
Cam Talbot
Scratched:Â Corban Knight
Injured: Michal Neuvirth (lower body), Carter Hart (lower body)
Suspended:Â Radko Gudas
First Period:
Penguins Penalty – 5:47 – Garrett Wilson 2 minutes for Roughing
Flyers Penalty – 5:47 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Roughing
Penguins Goal – 7:59 – Sidney Crosby (26) from Kris Letang (38)
Flyers Goal – 12:06 – Sean Couturier (25) from Oskar Linblom (13) and Jakub Voracek (36)
Flyers Penalty – 16:23 – Wayne Simmonds 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Penguins Penalty – 16:23 – Kris Letang 2 minutes for Unsportsmalike Conduct
End of 1st – PIT – 1Â Â Â Â PHI – 1
Shots       18        08
Faceoffs     06        08
Hits        09         14
PPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0/0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0/0
Second Period:
Penguins Penalty – 1:03 – Jack Johnson 2 minutes for Tripping
Penguins Goal – 10:01 – Justin Schultz (1) from Sidney Crosby (49) and Patric Hornqvist (12)
End of 2nd – PIT – 2Â Â Â Â PHI – 1
Shots        30         17
Faceoffs     18         20
Hits         26         25
PPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0/0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0/1
Third Period:
Penguins Goal – 6:29 – Evgeni Malkin (19) from Phil Kessel (42) and Zach Aston-Reese (8)
Penguins Penalty – 14:51 – Evgeni Malkin 2 minutes for Cross Checking
Flyers Penalty – 14:51 – Robert Hagg 2 minutes for Cross Checking
Penguins Penalty – 15:40 – Matt Cullen 2 minutes for Slashing
Flyers PPG – 16:56 – James van Reimsdyk (16) from Jakub Voracek (37) and Claude Giroux (45)
Flyers Goal – 19:40 – Jakub Voracek (16) from Sean Couturier (33)
End of 3rd – PIT – 3Â Â Â Â Â PHI – 3
Shots       40          35
Faceoffs    29          37
Hits        34           29
PPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0/0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1/2
OT:
Flyers Goal – 1:59 – Claude Giroux (18) from Nolan Patrick (12) and Travis Sanheim (19)
End of OT – PIT – 3Â Â Â Â Â PHI – 4
Shots       43          37
Faceoffs    31          40
Hits        35           30
PPÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0/0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1/2
Next Up:
Philadelphia (29-26-7 65pts) v. Buffalo (29-24-8 66pts)
Pittsburgh (32-22-8 72pts) @ Columbus (35-23-3 73pts)