Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 18, 2018 · Wells Fargo Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–0 on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Wells Fargo Center. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 30–26.
Goals came from Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby and Riley Sheahan.
Matt Murray made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 14 of 17.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (3)Sidney Crosby (4), Phil Kessel (2)1–004:33 PIT · 
Phil Kessel (1)Evgeni Malkin (2)2–014:37 PIT
2nd period
Kris Letang (1)Jake Guentzel (5)3–008:04 PIT
Sidney Crosby (5)Jake Guentzel (6), Dominik Simon (1)4–010:56 PIT
3rd period
Riley Sheahan (1)Olli Maatta (1), Zachary Aston-Reese (1)5–015:46 PIT
Team stats
PITPHI
3026
45%55%
1/40/4
88
2637
1612
911
53
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Matt Read · holding2 min - 17:12 into the first periodTravis Konecny · interference2 min
- 19:21 into the first period
Olli Maatta · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 19:29 into the first periodWayne Simmonds · slashing2 min
- 3:31 into the second periodTom Kuhnhackl · holding2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · high sticking double minor4 min
- 18:23 into the third periodMatt Read · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:03 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:53 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 28:40 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:55 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:52 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:24 |
| 15Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | 16:58 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 40Jordan WealC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 54Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:32 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 13 | 2 | .846 | |
| 37Brian ElliottG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |