Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 22, 2018 · Wells Fargo Center
NBC · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 8–5 on Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Wells Fargo Center. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 28–26.
Sean Couturier scored a hat trick and Jake Guentzel scored 4 goals. Sidney Crosby, Carl Hagelin, Andrew MacDonald, Scott Laughton, Patric Hornqvist and Bryan Rust also scored.
Matt Murray made 21 saves on 26 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 20 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sean Couturier (3)Unassisted0–102:15 PHI
Sidney Crosby (6)Kris Letang (4), Brian Dumoulin (5)1–106:30 PIT
Carl Hagelin (2)Phil Kessel (3), Riley Sheahan (2)2–107:17 PIT
Andrew MacDonald (2)Ivan Provorov (3), Sean Couturier (3)2–215:48 PHI
2nd period
- Sean Couturier (4)Matt Read (1)2–300:40 PHI
Scott Laughton (1)Sean Couturier (4)2–412:14 PHI
Patric Hornqvist (2)Jake Guentzel (7), Sidney Crosby (6)3–413:35 PIT
Jake Guentzel (3)Olli Maatta (2), Patric Hornqvist (3)4–419:06 PIT
3rd period
- Jake Guentzel (4)Phil Kessel (4)5–400:30 PIT
- Jake Guentzel (5)Sidney Crosby (7), Kris Letang (5)6–412:48 PIT
- Jake Guentzel (6)Patric Hornqvist (4), Kris Letang (6)7–412:58 PIT
- Sean Couturier (5)Claude Giroux (2)7–517:07 PHI
Bryan Rust (3)Unassisted8–519:29 PIT ·
Team stats
PITPHI
2826
46%54%
0/10/3
106
3437
2214
713
73
Penalties
- 18:35 into the first period
Scott Laughton · interference2 min - 9:43 into the second period
Phil Kessel · roughing2 min - 16:09 into the second periodConor Sheary · cross checking2 min
- 16:09 into the second periodTravis Konecny · roughing2 min
- 6:15 into the third periodBrian Dumoulin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodJake Guentzel · interference2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodJakub Voracek · embellishment2 min
- 10:37 into the third periodKris Letang · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +5 | 5 | 15:23 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 17:52 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 25:33 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:07 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 07:44 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:39 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 20:17 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 10:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 26 | 5 | .808 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Sean CouturierC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 5 | 20:05 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 24Matt ReadR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 20:50 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 47Andrew MacDonaldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 15Jori LehteraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:48 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:11 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 22Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:29 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 3Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 23Brandon ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
| 37Brian ElliottG | 0 | 0 | – |