Flyers-Penguins Series To Start Saturday Night

The Flyers and Penguins will play Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series at 8 pm Saturday, the league introduced. The recreation shall be broadcast on ESPN.

The series begins in Pittsburgh at PPG Paints Arena, however the NHL has not launched the complete schedule, and the times and beginning instances for Games 2-7 are nonetheless unknown.

This 12 months marks the eighth time there shall be a “Battle of Pennsylvania” rivalry series within the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Penguins, who tied with the Flyers with 98 factors, certified because the No. 2 seed within the Metropolitan Division and get residence ice over the third-seeded Flyers primarily based on the regulation wins tiebreaker.

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