Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Friday, April 20, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Friday, April 20, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 32–25.
Goals came from Claude Giroux, Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel, Valtteri Filppula, Sean Couturier and Matt Read.
Michal Neuvirth made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 21 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Claude Giroux (1)Jakub Voracek (3), Valtteri Filppula (1)1–017:29 PHI
2nd period
Bryan Rust (2)Conor Sheary (2), Derick Brassard (2)1–112:00 PIT
Jake Guentzel (2)Sidney Crosby (5), Dominik Simon (2)1–216:45 PIT
Valtteri Filppula (1)Jori Lehtera (2)2–218:15 PHI ·
3rd period
Sean Couturier (2)Wayne Simmonds (2)3–218:45 PHI
Matt Read (1)Valtteri Filppula (2)4–219:42 PHI ·
Team stats
PHIPIT
2532
38%62%
0/10/5
1911
4825
1411
811
49
Penalties
- 7:14 into the first period
Dominik Simon · interference2 min - 10:04 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 4:35 into the second periodBrandon Manning · roughing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
- 6:42 into the second periodShayne Gostisbehere · slashing2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodZachary Aston-Reese · interference2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodAndrew MacDonald · roughing2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodShayne Gostisbehere · holding2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodRadko Gudas · holding2 min
- 0:15 into the third periodValtteri Filppula · tripping2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodJamie Oleksiak · fighting5 min
- 4:47 into the third periodRadko Gudas · fighting5 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 15Jori LehteraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:02 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 30:07 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:11 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 37Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:38 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15:09 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:17 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:01 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 20:22 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:43 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:52 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:12 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 27:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |