Penguins to play Flyers in Eastern Conference 1st Round
The Flyers had been led by ahead Travis Konecny (68 factors; 27 targets, 41 assists) and middle Trevor Zegras (67 factors; 26 targets, 41 assists). Their factors chief amongst defensemen was Travis Sanheim with 37 (11 targets, 26 assists).
goalie Dan Vladar was 29-14-7 with a 2.42 GAA and .906 save proportion. Samuel Ersson was 14-11-5 with a 3.12 GAA and .870 save proportion.
The Flyers had been 2-2-0 this season towards the Penguins, who had been 2-0-2. Pittsburgh outscored Philadelphia 16-9.
Zegras (three assists) and ahead Denver Barkey (one objective, two assists) led the Flyers towards the Penguins with three factors every; nobody had a couple of objective. Ersson was 1-0-0 with a 3.45 GAA and .875 save proportion. Vladar was 1-1-0 with a 3.84 GAA and .840 save proportion.
“They’ve got a couple Hall of Famers, I know that for sure,” Zegras stated of the Penguins. “They’re a great team, and they’ve had a great regular season. We had some good battles with them, so it should be fun.”
Rust led the Penguins with six factors (two targets, 4 assists) in 4 video games towards the Flyers. Crosby had 5 factors (4 targets, one help) in three video games. Skinner was 1-0-1 with a 2.88 GAA and .880 save proportion, and Silovs was 0-0-1 with a 1.85 GAA and .941 save proportion. Tristan Jarrytraded to Edmonton in the deal for Skinner, made 28 saves in a 5-1 win in Philadelphia on Dec. 1.
This would be the eighth time the intrastate rivals will face off in the playoffs. The first was the 1989 Patrick Division Finals, received by the Flyers in seven video games. Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh in 5 video games in the 1997 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals en route to the Stanley Cup Final, the place the Flyers had been swept by the Detroit Red Wings. The Flyers received the 2000 convention semifinals in six video games and the 2012 convention quarterfinals in six.
The Penguins eradicated the Flyers in the 2008 Eastern Conference Final (5 video games) earlier than shedding the Cup Final to the Red Wings in six. The following season, they defeated the Flyers in the convention quarterfinals (six video games) en route to profitable the Stanley Cup. Pittsburgh received the latest collection, the 2018 first spherical, in six.
