Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers to face off in first round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will face off in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
With a shootout win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday at Xfinity Mobile Arena, the Flyers locked in third place in the Eastern Conference's Metropolitan Division, setting up a matchup with the second-place Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh will have home-ice advantage for the best-of-seven series.
Penguins-Flyers regular-season games
During the 2025-26 regular season, the teams split their four matchups:
- Flyers 3, Penguins 2 (SO) on Oct. 28, 2025, at Xfinity Mobile Arena
- Penguins 5, Flyers 1 on Dec. 1, 2025, at Xfinity Mobile Arena
- Penguins 6, Flyers 3 on Jan. 15 at PPG Paints Arena
- Flyers 4, Penguins 3 (SO) on March 7 at PPG Paints Arena
Since hockey resumed after the Olympic break on Feb. 25, the Flyers have a 17-6-1 record, while the Penguins have a 12-13 mark.
Penguins-Flyers playoff history
The teams have met seven times in the playoffs. The Flyers are 21-20 against the Penguins, winning four of the seven series. The Penguins and Flyers last faced off in the playoffs in 2018, when the Penguins won 4-2.
Since Sidney Crosby entered the league for the 2005-06 season, the Penguins are 3-1 against the Flyers in the postseason.
The NHL has not yet released its playoff schedule, though the postseason begins on Saturday. The Penguins (41-24-16) and Flyers (42-17-12) both finish the regular season on Tuesday with games against the Montreal Canadiens and St. Louis Blues, respectively. The NHL's regular season concludes on Thursday.
Playoff droughts ended
For both teams, a spot in the playoffs has been a long time coming. For the first time since 2022, the Penguins are headed back to the playoffs, while the Flyers snapped a five-season postseason drought with Monday's win.
Tickets for Flyers-Penguins series
Individual tickets for Games 1 and 2 in Pittsburgh went on sale on April 10. Single-game tickets for the Flyers' home games will go on sale Tuesday, April 14.