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Philadelphia Flyers (2-0-0) at Pittsburgh Penguins (0-2-0)

Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena
Date: Wednesday, April 22
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch: TNT/HBO Max/truTV
Radio: 105.9 The X/97.5 The Fanatic

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Pittsburgh Penguins & Notes:

The Penguins dropped both games at home and now have to try to win one of these games in Philadelphia to bring the series back to Pittsburgh. They’re 2-2-2 against the Flyers this season, including the playoffs, averaging three goals per game.

Philadelphia Flyers News & Notes:

The Flyers look to take a commanding 3-0 series lead tonight after taking care of business against the Penguins on the road, outscoring them 6-2 in the first two games. They’re 4-2-0 against Pittsburgh this season, averaging 2.8 goals per game.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines

Chinakov-Crosby-Rust
Novak-Rakell-Malkin
Soderblom-Kindel-Mantha
Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari

Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Girard-Letang
Shea-Clifton

Skinner
Silovs

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Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines

Foerster-Zegras-Tippett
Konecny-Dvorak-Martone
Barkey-Cates-Michkov
Glendening-Couturier-Hathaway

Sanheim-Ristolainen
York-Drysdale
Seeler-Juulsen

Vladar
Ersson

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Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Evegni Malkin has a point on Pittsburgh’s only two goals of the first two games, on a goal and an assist.

Philadelphia Flyers

Rookie Porter Martone has scored a goal in each of the first two games of the series against the Penguins.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

C Filip Hallander – IR
G Joel Blomqvist – IR

Philadelphia Flyers

F Rodrigo Abols – IR
F Nikita Grebenkin – Out
D Emil Andrae – DTD

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