Flyers celebrate return to the playoffs with a 3-2 win over Penguins in Game 1

— Travis Sanheim scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers announced their return to the playoffs with a 3-2 win over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
Apr 18, 2026, 11:57 pm - AP
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1st Period
No Goals Scored
2nd PeriodPHIPIT
9:19Jamie Drysdale (1)
Assists: Trevor Zegras (1), Denver Barkey (1)
10
15:51Evgeni Malkin (1)
Assists: Tommy Novak (1), Rickard Rakell (1)
11
3rd PeriodPHIPIT
10:00Travis Sanheim (1)
Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Christian Dvorak (1)
21
17:23Porter Martone (1)
Assists: Travis Konecny (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (2)
31
18:59Bryan Rust (1)
Assists: Evgeni Malkin (1), Erik Karlsson (1)
32

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Samuel Girard hit Travis Konecny
  • Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  • Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  • Ryan Shea hit Noah Cates
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Sidney Crosby Tip-In Wide Left
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Thomas Novak
  • Egor Chinakhov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  • Noel Acciari Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  • Bryan Rust hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Rickard Rakell Tip-In saved by Dan Vladar
  • Rickard Rakell hit Travis Sanheim
  • Kris Letang Tripping against Tyson Foerster
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Noah Cates
  • Bryan Rust Tip-In Wide Left
  • Ben Kindel hit Matvei Michkov
  • Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Sidney Crosby Roughing against Jamie Drysdale
  • Thomas Novak faceoff won against Noah Cates
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Trevor Zegras
  • Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Owen Tippett shot blocked by Egor Chinakhov
  • Ben Kindel faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  • Giveaway by Kris Letang
  • Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  • Connor Clifton Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  • Sidney Crosby Backhand Wide Left
  • Takeaway by Noel Acciari
  • Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  • Noel Acciari hit Travis Konecny
  • Elmer Soderblom Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Anthony Mantha hit Travis Konecny
  • Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  • Rickard Rakell hit Cam York
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Trevor Zegras
  • Cam York shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  • Owen Tippett shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  • Evgeni Malkin hit Nick Seeler
  • Ben Kindel hit Noah Cates
  • Giveaway by Ben Kindel
  • Travis Sanheim shot blocked by Egor Chinakhov
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Bryan Rust
  • Blake Lizotte hit Cam York
  • Connor Clifton hit Emil Andrae
  • Ben Kindel Slap Shot High and Wide Left
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  • Takeaway by Samuel Girard
  • Giveaway by Blake Lizotte
  • Connor Dewar hit Owen Tippett
  • Thomas Novak faceoff won against Noah Cates
  • Tommy Novak Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  • Ben Kindel faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Noel Acciari hit Tyson Foerster
  • Connor Dewar hit Trevor Zegras
  • Rickard Rakell hit Jamie Drysdale
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Sean Couturier shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Noah Cates
  • Thomas Novak faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  • Ben Kindel faceoff won against Garnet Hathaway
  • Anthony Mantha hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Sidney Crosby hit Sean Couturier
  • Ben Kindel faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  • Anthony Mantha hit Travis Sanheim
  • Connor Clifton hit Porter Martone
  • Sidney Crosby hit Matvei Michkov
  • Egor Chinakhov hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Evgeni Malkin Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Novak (1), Rickard Rakell (1)
  • Giveaway by Connor Dewar
  • Connor Dewar hit Jamie Drysdale
  • Connor Dewar hit Tyson Foerster
  • Evgeni Malkin hit Nick Seeler
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Trevor Zegras
  • Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Elmer Soderblom
  • Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  • Anthony Mantha hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Anthony Mantha Cross-checking against Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Noah Cates
  • Connor Dewar hit Trevor Zegras
  • Blake Lizotte faceoff won against Christian Dvorak
  • Parker Wotherspoon hit Travis Konecny
  • Takeaway by Blake Lizotte
  • Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Elmer Soderblom Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Elmer Soderblom Backhand saved by Dan Vladar
  • Anthony Mantha High-sticking against Porter Martone
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Noah Cates
  • Jamie Drysdale shot blocked by Kris Letang
  • Trevor Zegras shot blocked by Connor Dewar
  • Travis Sanheim shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  • Egor Chinakhov hit Cam York
  • Parker Wotherspoon hit Denver Barkey
  • Egor Chinakhov hit Jamie Drysdale
  • Samuel Girard hit Christian Dvorak
  • Parker Wotherspoon hit Owen Tippett
  • Noel Acciari hit Travis Sanheim
  • Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  • Evgeni Malkin Backhand Hit Right Post
  • Connor Clifton hit Porter Martone
  • Anthony Mantha hit Nick Seeler
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Luke Glendening
  • Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Sean Couturier
  • Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Trevor Zegras
  • Ryan Shea hit Sean Couturier
  • Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  • Parker Wotherspoon hit Owen Tippett
  • Blake Lizotte hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Connor Dewar hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Garnet Hathaway shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  • Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Dan Vladar
  • Sidney Crosby hit Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Sidney Crosby Slashing against Travis Sanheim
  • Noel Acciari faceoff won against Sean Couturier
  • Bryan Rust Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (1), Erik Karlsson (1)
  • Anthony Mantha Backhand saved by Dan Vladar
  • Rasmus Ristolainen hit Bryan Rust
  • Sean Couturier hit Parker Wotherspoon
  • Travis Konecny hit Evgeni Malkin
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Porter Martone
  • Porter Martone hit Kris Letang
  • Kris Letang shot blocked by Jamie Drysdale
  • Christian Dvorak Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  • Giveaway by Porter Martone
  • Denver Barkey hit Connor Clifton
  • Off-side
  • Rasmus Ristolainen Roughing against Elmer Soderblom
  • Sean Couturier Slap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Rasmus Ristolainen Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Jamie Drysdale Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Owen Tippett hit Ben Kindel
  • Icing
  • Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  • Cam York Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Giveaway by Dan Vladar
  • Porter Martone hit Ryan Shea
  • Noah Cates Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Noah Cates faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Off-side
  • Sean Couturier faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  • Sean Couturier hit Connor Clifton
  • Luke Glendening hit Thomas Novak
  • Sean Couturier hit Ryan Shea
  • Tyson Foerster Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Tyson Foerster Deflected saved by Stuart Skinner
  • TV Timeout
  • Porter Martone Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Christian Dvorak Tip-In saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  • On-Ice Official
  • Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  • Sean Couturier hit Ryan Shea
  • Sean Couturier hit Egor Chinakhov
  • Icing
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  • Owen Tippett Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Jamie Drysdale Interference against Sidney Crosby
  • TV Timeout
  • Off-side
  • Trevor Zegras faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  • Trevor Zegras Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Owen Tippett Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • On-Ice Official
  • Icing
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Noah Cates faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  • Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Jamie Drysdale
  • Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Cam York
  • Travis Sanheim hit Blake Lizotte
  • Travis Sanheim hit Noel Acciari
  • Christian Dvorak hit Connor Dewar
  • Porter Martone hit Samuel Girard
  • Garnet Hathaway hit Samuel Girard
  • Noah Cates hit Anthony Mantha
  • Travis Sanheim Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Nick Seeler hit Egor Chinakhov
  • Nick Seeler hit Rickard Rakell
  • Garnet Hathaway hit Ben Kindel
  • Sean Couturier hit Ben Kindel
  • Luke Glendening Backhand Wide Left
  • Sean Couturier Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Porter Martone Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Takeaway by Travis Sanheim
  • Trevor Zegras Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Takeaway by Nick Seeler
  • Giveaway by Nick Seeler
  • Noah Cates Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Luke Glendening
  • Garnet Hathaway hit Parker Wotherspoon
  • Travis Konecny hit Elmer Soderblom
  • Puck Frozen - Goalie
  • Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
  • Travis Konecny hit Egor Chinakhov
  • Giveaway by Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Takeaway by Travis Konecny
  • Off-side
  • Puck in Netting
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  • Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sean Couturier Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Giveaway by Porter Martone
  • Blake Lizotte shot blocked by Christian Dvorak
  • Owen Tippett Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Connor Dewar shot blocked by Tyson Foerster
  • Owen Tippett Deflected Wide Right
  • Owen Tippett hit Blake Lizotte
  • Jamie Drysdale Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Trevor Zegras (1), Denver Barkey (1)
  • Icing
  • Noah Cates faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  • Cam York Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Icing
  • Noah Cates faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Garnet Hathaway hit Erik Karlsson
  • Ryan Shea shot blocked by Rasmus Ristolainen
  • Travis Sanheim Interference against Sidney Crosby
  • TV Timeout
  • Off-side
  • Off-side
  • Off-side
  • Off-side
  • Cam York hit Rickard Rakell
  • Travis Sanheim hit Sidney Crosby
  • Samuel Girard shot blocked by Nick Seeler
  • Samuel Girard shot blocked by Trevor Zegras
  • Off-side
  • Giveaway by Jamie Drysdale
  • Takeaway by Porter Martone
  • Giveaway by Jamie Drysdale
  • Christian Dvorak Snap Shot Wide Left
  • Matvei Michkov hit Egor Chinakhov
  • Tyson Foerster hit Kris Letang
  • Garnet Hathaway hit Ryan Shea
  • Off-side
  • Samuel Girard shot blocked by Owen Tippett
  • Christian Dvorak Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Christian Dvorak Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Matvei Michkov hit Connor Dewar
  • Travis Konecny Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Emil Andrae Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Nick Seeler hit Evgeni Malkin
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sean Couturier faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  • Jamie Drysdale Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Hand Pass
  • Christian Dvorak faceoff won against Blake Lizotte
  • Christian Dvorak Deflected Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Matvei Michkov
  • Sean Couturier hit Samuel Girard
  • Takeaway by Nick Seeler
  • Off-side
  • Owen Tippett Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Icing
  • Luke Glendening faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  • Denver Barkey Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  • Travis Sanheim Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Christian Dvorak (1)
  • Garnet Hathaway hit Bryan Rust
  • Cam York hit Ryan Shea
  • Travis Konecny hit Thomas Novak
  • Porter Martone Wrist Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Travis Konecny
  • Emil Andrae hit Elmer Soderblom
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Puck in Netting
  • Icing
  • Christian Dvorak hit Bryan Rust
  • Giveaway by Jamie Drysdale
  • Tyson Foerster Wrist Shot Wide Left
  • Porter Martone Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Travis Konecny (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (2)
  • Goalie Stopped
  • Sean Couturier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Icing
  • Sean Couturier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  • Travis Sanheim Cross-checking against Sidney Crosby
  • Timeout - Home
  • Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Cam York
  • Cam York Snap Shot Wide Right
  • Giveaway by Cam York
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