{"id":557960,"date":"2026-04-22T13:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557960\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:15:55","slug":"nhl-playoff-preview-pittsburgh-penguins-at-philadelphia-flyers-with-line-combinations-04-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/557960\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Playoff Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Playoff Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776863747_289_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Playoff Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-2-6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers (2-0-0) at Pittsburgh Penguins (0-2-0)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena<br \/>Date: Wednesday, April 22<br \/>Time: 7:00 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0TNT\/HBO Max\/truTV<br \/>Radio:\u00a0105.9 The X\/97.5 The Fanatic <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019re 2-2-2 against the Flyers this season, including the playoffs, averaging three goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019re 4-2-0 against Pittsburgh this season, averaging 2.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Chinakov-Crosby-Rust<br \/>Novak-Rakell-Malkin<br \/>Soderblom-Kindel-Mantha<br \/>Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari<\/p>\n<p>Wotherspoon-Karlsson<br \/>Girard-Letang<br \/>Shea-Clifton<\/p>\n<p>Skinner<br \/>Silovs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/pittsburgh-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=pittsburgh&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Pittsburgh Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Foerster-Zegras-Tippett<br \/>Konecny-Dvorak-Martone<br \/>Barkey-Cates-Michkov<br \/>Glendening-Couturier-Hathaway<\/p>\n<p>Sanheim-Ristolainen<br \/>York-Drysdale<br \/>Seeler-Juulsen<\/p>\n<p>Vladar<br \/>Ersson<\/p>\n<p>Buy Philadelphia Hockey Merchandise Below!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/philadelphia-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia Hockey \u2013 Inside The Rink<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Evegni Malkin has a point on Pittsburgh\u2019s only two goals of the first two games, on a goal and an assist. <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Porter Martone has scored a goal in each of the first two games of the series against the Penguins. <\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">C\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/tag\/filip-hallander\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Filip Hallander<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<br \/>G\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/player-profile-joel-blomqvist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joel Blomqvist<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 IR<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Flyers<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F Rodrigo Abols \u2013 IR<br \/>F Nikita Grebenkin \u2013 Out<br \/>D Emil Andrae \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776863751_307_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-playoff-preview-dallas-stars-at-minnesota-wild-with-line-combinations-04-22-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776863752_674_Untitled-design-35-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-playoff-preview-dallas-stars-at-minnesota-wild-with-line-combinations-04-22-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL Playoff Preview: Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 04\/22\/2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Wild (1-1-0) at Dallas Stars (1-1-0)Venue: Grand Casino ArenaDate: Wednesday, April 22Time: 9:30 pm ESTHow To Watch:\u00a0TNT\/truTV\/HBO Max\/SN360Radio:\u00a096.7 FM The Ticket\/104.5 ESPN RadioPurchase tickets via Ticketmaster Dallas Stars News &amp; Notes: The Stars evened the series up with a 4-2 win over the Wild on Monday night. 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