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Heading into this series, the Penguins have advanced to at least the second round of the playoffs eight times in the 16 playoff runs they’ve had with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin in the lineup. In five of the 16 runs, Pittsburgh has gone to at least the Conference Final.
The Penguins have six players on their postseason roster looking to make their NHL playoff debut – forwards Egor Chinakhov, Ben Kindel and Elmer Soderblom and defensemen Ryan Shea, Ilya Solovyov and Jack St. Ivany.
The Penguins scored seven power-play goals on 18 opportunities (38.9%) during the regular season against the Flyers.
Sidney Crosby enters the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs two victories from becoming the fourth active player to record 100 postseason wins and would join Corey Perry (135), Ryan McDonagh (105) and Brad Marchand (100). Notably, Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman enters one away from joining that list, while his teammate Evgeni Malkin (96) is also closing in on 100 playoff victories.
The Penguins and Flyers played the longest contest in the NHL’s modern era (since 1943-44) and third longest in NHL history when Philadelphia’s Keith Primeau potted the winner at 12:01 of the fifth overtime in Game 4 of the 2000 Conference Semifinals.
