Philadelphia Flyers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, March 4, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Flyers outshot the Penguins 35-29.
Claude Giroux scored twice. Kris Letang, Mark Friedman, Jared McCann, Sean Couturier and Scott Laughton also scored.
Brian Elliott made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kris Letang (5)Unassisted0–102:46 PIT
Mark Friedman (1)Sidney Crosby (12), Jake Guentzel (12)0–203:20 PIT
Jared McCann (4)Kasperi Kapanen (8), Evgeni Malkin (10)0–303:57 PIT
Sean Couturier (6)Travis Konecny (4), Jakub Voracek (11)1–311:32 PHI · PPG
2nd period
Claude Giroux (2)Oskar Lindblom (4), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (4)2–306:49 PHI
3rd period
Scott Laughton (6)Claude Giroux (14), Travis Konecny (5)3–313:37 PHI- Claude Giroux (3)Nicolas Aube-Kubel (5), Oskar Lindblom (5)4–317:52 PHI
Team stats
PHIPIT
35Shots on goal29
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
42Hits38
9Blocked shots6
1Giveaways9
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:50
Nolan Patrick · boarding2 min - 1st 10:25
Bryan Rust · interference2 min - 1st 12:51Jake Guentzel · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:47Kevin Hayes · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 28Claude GirouxR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 14:08 |
| 11Travis KonecnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 23Oskar LindblomL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 62Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 14Sean CouturierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:52 |
| 21Scott LaughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:45 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:21 |
| 12Michael RafflL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 19Nolan PatrickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 25James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 82Connor BunnamanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:36 |
| 5Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 13:21 |
| 6Travis SanheimD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 26:54 |
| 53Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Brian ElliottG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 60:00 |
| 79Carter HartG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Jared McCannC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:53 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:26 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:08 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 04:55 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 26:10 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 13Brandon TanevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:01 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:29 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:36 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:21 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:03 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:23 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 22:31 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 58:42 |