LIVE GAME BLOG: Pittsburgh Penguins V. Philadelphia Flyers, Game 5
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Pittsburgh Penguins v. Philadelphia Flyers - Game 5 (PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. ) | Monday, Apr.
27, 2026 Puck Drop: 7:10 p. m. ET Penguins' projected lines and pairings: Forwards Rickard Rakell-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust Egor Chinakhov-Tommy Novak-Evgeni Malkin Elmer Soderblom-Ben Kindel-Anthony Mantha Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari Defensemen Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Sam Girard - Kris Letang Ryan Shea - Ilya Solovyov Goaltenders Arturs Silovs (starter) Stuart Skinner (backup) Flyers' projected lines and pairings: Tyson Foerster-Trevor Zegras-Owen Tippett Travis Konecny-Christian Dvorak-Porter Martone Denver Barkey-Noah Cates-Alex Bump Luke Glendening-Sean Couturier-Garnet Hathaway Defensemen Travis Sanheim-Rasmus Ristolainen Cam York-Jamie Drysdale Nick Seeler-Noah Juulsen Goaltenders Dan Vladar (starter) Sam Ersson (backup) First period - Philadelphia with a chance from the jump, and Silovs was ready for it.
- Early on, Penguins are having a hard time entering the o-zone. Philly not giving them much winning a lot of board battles, and taking it the other way. Don't seem very willing to play dump-and-chase.
- GOAL (PITTSBURGH): Elmer Soderblom (1), from Anthony Mantha and Parker Wotherspoon (2:45). Penguins lead the Flyers, 1-0. - THAT is what the Penguins need to see more of from Mantha.