Game Preview: Game 1 vs. Philadelphia Flyers

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Heading into this collection, the Penguins have superior to at the least the second spherical of the playoffs eight occasions within the 16 playoff runs they’ve had with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin within the lineup. In 5 of the 16 runs, Pittsburgh has gone to at the least the Conference Final.

The Penguins have six gamers on their postseason roster trying to make their NHL playoff debut – forwards Egor Chinakhov, Ben Kindel and Elmer Soderblom and defensemen Ryan Shea, Ilya Solovyov and Jack St. Ivany.

The Penguins scored seven power-play targets on 18 alternatives (38.9%) through the common season in opposition to the Flyers.

Sidney Crosby enters the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs two victories from turning into the fourth energetic participant to file 100 postseason wins and would be part of Corey Perry (135), Ryan McDonagh (105) and Brad Marchand (100). Notably, Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman enters one away from becoming a member of that checklist, whereas his teammate Evgeni Malkin (96) can also be closing in on 100 playoff victories.

The Penguins and Flyers performed the longest contest within the NHL’s trendy period (since 1943-44) and third longest in NHL historical past when (*1*) Keith Primeau potted the winner at 12:01 of the fifth additional time in Game 4 of the 2000 Conference Semifinals.