{"id":554430,"date":"2026-04-17T09:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554430\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:57:18","slug":"nhl-announces-flyers-vs-penguins-schedule-for-2026-playoffs-nbc-sports-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/554430\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL announces Flyers vs. Penguins schedule for 2026 playoffs \u2013 NBC Sports Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Flyers&#8217; first playoff series since 2020 will begin Saturday night when the team visits the Penguins for Game 1 at PPG Paints Arena.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/3-thoughts-flyers-meet-penguins-first-round-nhl-playoffs\/726959\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/3-thoughts-flyers-meet-penguins-first-round-nhl-playoffs\/726959\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The best-of-seven first-round matchup<\/a> will continue Monday in Pittsburgh with Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>The series then shifts to Xfinity Mobile Arena for Game 3 on Wednesday and Game 4 next Saturday. It&#8217;ll be the Flyers&#8217; first playoff action in Philadelphia since 2018; the 2020 postseason was forced into the bubble because of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just excited for our fans,&#8221; Nick Seeler said Tuesday. &#8220;They&#8217;ve been craving playoff hockey. The best fans in hockey, they deserve to see us in the playoffs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The times for Games 5 through 7, if necessary, are to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Tocchet&#8217;s club heads into the postseason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-kids-put-on-nice-show-to-deliver-win-in-regular-season-finale\/726766\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/flyers-kids-put-on-nice-show-to-deliver-win-in-regular-season-finale\/726766\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">with 18 wins over its final 25 games<\/a>. The Flyers finished with 98 points at 43-27-12. The Penguins (41-25-16) also had 98 points, but they earned home ice via the tiebreaker of more regulation wins.<\/p>\n<p>The Flyers split their four-game regular-season series with Pittsburgh (2-2-0).<\/p>\n<p>More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/outside-doubt-motivated-flyers-playoffs-but-so-did-undisclosed-message-danny-briere\/726626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Outside doubt motivated Flyers, but so did Briere&#8217;s undisclosed message<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full series schedule. We&#8217;ll update everyone with the NBC Sports Philadelphia broadcast schedule when it&#8217;s released.<\/p>\n<p>Game 1 \u2014 Saturday, April 18, Flyers at Penguins, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/game-1-flyers-vs-penguins-playoff-series-saturday-night\/727095\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\/game-1-flyers-vs-penguins-playoff-series-saturday-night\/727095\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">8 p.m. ET\/NBCSP<\/a><br \/>Game 2 \u2014 Monday, April 20, Flyers at Penguins, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 3 \u2014 Wednesday, April 22, Flyers vs. Penguins, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>Game 4 \u2014 Saturday, April 25, Flyers vs. Penguins, 8 p.m. ET<br \/>*Game 5 \u2014 Monday, April 27, Flyers at Penguins, TBD<br \/>*Game 6 \u2014 Wednesday, April 29, Flyers vs. Penguins, TBD<br \/>*Game 7 \u2014 Saturday, May 2, Flyers at Penguins, TBD<br \/>*if necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Flyers&#8217; first playoff series since 2020 will begin Saturday night when the team visits the Penguins for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[2575,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-554430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-flyers-news","9":"tag-hockey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116419457480901730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}