Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 15, 2018 · Wells Fargo Center
NBC · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 27–26.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Derick Brassard, Evgeni Malkin, Brian Dumoulin, Travis Sanheim and Justin Schultz.
Matt Murray made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 21 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (4)Patric Hornqvist (2), Brian Dumoulin (4)1–010:25 PIT
2nd period
Derick Brassard (1)Phil Kessel (1), Kris Letang (2)2–002:48 PIT · 
Evgeni Malkin (2)Kris Letang (3), Sidney Crosby (1)3–006:48 PIT · 
Brian Dumoulin (1)Sidney Crosby (2), Jake Guentzel (4)4–006:53 PIT
Travis Sanheim (1)Jakub Voracek (2), Nolan Patrick (1)4–113:42 PHI
3rd period
Justin Schultz (1)Evgeni Malkin (1), Sidney Crosby (3)5–107:08 PIT ·
Team stats
PITPHI
2627
53%47%
3/70/6
1416
2738
1716
811
35
Penalties
- 11:55 into the first period
Bryan Rust · tripping2 min - 14:41 into the first period
Brandon Manning · tripping2 min - 18:17 into the first periodCarl Hagelin · slashing2 min
- 1:12 into the second periodClaude Giroux · slashing2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodTravis Konecny · interference2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodJustin Schultz · high sticking2 min
- 5:56 into the second periodJakub Voracek · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · interference2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodDerick Brassard · tripping2 min
- 3:06 into the third periodScott Laughton · high sticking2 min
- 6:13 into the third periodJakub Voracek · high sticking2 min
- 10:26 into the third periodRadko Gudas · tripping2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodSidney Crosby · hooking2 min
- 17:45 into the third periodRiley Sheahan · closing hand on puck2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 21:35 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 24:31 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 25:40 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:38 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:35 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:46 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:21 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:39 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 26:18 |
| 15Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:48 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:05 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 54Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 24:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Brian ElliottG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |