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Game 6 – FINAL / Overtime

Philadelphia Flyers 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 0

GAME SIX RECAP – Cam York scored 17:32 into overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 1-0, to win the series four games to two. Dan Vladar made 42 saves to earn his second shutout of the series.

GAME FIVE RECAP – Elmer Soderblom (1) scored on the first Penguins shot on goal, just 2:45 into the first period and Connor Dewar (2) at 3:17. Philadelphia scored twice in the second period before Kris Letang (2) scored with2:48 left in the second period. The Pens won, 3-2.

GAME FOUR RECAP – The Penguins avoided being swept by defeating the Flyers, 4-2. Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the playoffs, on the power-play. Rickard Rakell scored his first goal at 1:03 of the second period. Kris Letang (1) scored 4:27 in the third.

GAME THREE RECAP – Evgeni Malkin scored the Penguins first power-play goal of the series in eight chances, Philadelphia scored three goals in the second period and Erik Karlsson scored a power-play goal in the third period and the Flyers added two more in the final frame. The Flyers won, 5-2.

GAME TWO RECAP – Philadelphia’s Dan Vladar made all 27 saves as the Flyers shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-0. Porter Martone (2) scored 13:39 into the second period and Garnet Hathaway scored a short-handed goal with less than four minutes left in the second. Luke Glendening scored and empty-netter to cap the scoring.

GAME ONE RECAP – Travis Sanheim scored the go-ahead goal with ten minutes left in the third period and Porter Martone scored later to push the Philadelphia Flyers over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday. Malkin (1) and Rust (1) scored for the Penguins.

Pittsburgh Hockey History Made on May 17th...

1915 - Pittsburgh Hornets left wing Carl Liscombe was born.
1963 - Pittsburgh Penguins center Doug Smith was born.
1991 - The Penguins beat the Minnesota North Stars, 4-1, to win the team's first Stanley Cup final game. The Pens would win their first Cup in six games.
1992 - The Penguins beat the Boston Bruins in Game 1 of the Wales Conference Finals, 4-3, on an overtime goal by Jaromir Jagr.
1999 - Toronto's Garry Valk scored a goal 1:58 into overtime to beat the Pens, 4-3, and eliminated the Pens in six games in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
2013 - Sidney Crosby scored his second career playoff hat trick. Evgeni Malkin extended his scoring streak to eight games. Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead in the series over the Ottawa Senators with a 4-3 win.

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Skater Stats Regular Season
# NAME POS GP G A P PIM
87 Sidney Crosby C 68 29 45 74 44
65 Erik Karlsson D 75 15 51 66 22
17 Bryan Rust RW 72 29 36 65 26
39 Anthony Mantha RW 81 33 31 64 43
71 Evgeni Malkin C 56 19 42 61 61
67 Rickard Rakell RW 61 24 24 48 8
18 Thomas Novak C 82 16 26 42 24
59 Egor Chinakhov RW 43 18 18 36 4
81 Ben Kindel C 77 17 18 35 18
16 Justin Brazeau RW 64 17 17 34 14
5 Ryan Shea D 80 6 28 34 22
58 Kris Letang D 74 3 31 34 38
19 Connor Dewar C 78 14 16 30 19
28 Parker Wotherspoon D 80 3 27 30 55
55 Noel Acciari C 67 13 12 25 25
46 Blake Lizotte C 56 7 12 19 25
25 Elmer Soderblom LW 20 5 5 10 11
13 Kevin Hayes RW 29 4 4 8 8
49 Samuel Girard D 20 0 7 7 8
77 Brett Kulak D 25 1 6 7 18
41 Ville Koivunen RW 39 2 5 7 10
3 Jack St. Ivany D 20 0 7 7 6
2 Rutger McGroarty RW 24 3 3 6 4
75 Connor Clifton D 50 2 4 6 53
85 Avery Hayes RW 16 5 0 5 12
7 Ilya Solovyv D 14 0 5 5 10
11 Filip Hallander C 13 1 3 4 2
24 Matthew Dumba D 11 1 2 3 11
43 Danton Heinen LW 13 1 1 2 8
15 Joona Koppanen C 13 0 1 1 2
27 Ryan Graves D 22 1 0 1 10
82 Caleb Jones D 7 0 1 1 0
45 Harrison Brunicke D 9 1 0 1 6
53 Philip Tomasino RW 9 0 1 1 0
22 Sam Poulin C 2 0 0 0 0
26 Tristan Broz C 1 0 0 0 0
14 Bokondji Imama LW 2 0 0 0 5
38 Owen Pickering D 4 0 0 0 2
57 Jake Livanavage D 1 0 0 0 0
48 Rafael Harvey-Pinard RW 1 0 0 0 0
Goalie Stats
# NAME GP W L T OTL SOL Min GA SO GAA G A P PIM
35 Tristan Jarry 14 9 3 1 0 810 36 1 2.66 0 0 0 0
37 Arturs Silovs
Playoffs
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1 Sergei Murashov 5 1 1 2 -- 281 12 1 2.56 0 0 0
74 Stuart Skinner
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