The Penguins’ season came to a heartbreaking end with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.After neither team scored in regulation, Cam York finally found the net at 17:32 of overtime to give the Flyers a 1-0 victory in Game 6 at Xfinity Mobile Arena.VIDEO ABOVE: Sidney Crosby reacts after Game 6 lossArturs Silovs made 31 saves for the Pens, who came up just short in their bid to force a Game 7 after falling behind 0-3 in the first-round series.”We were a shot away from going back to Pittsburgh for Game 7,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “It comes down to bounces sometimes. Putting yourself in that position is tough. I think we all had a lot of belief we could dig ourselves out of it. It’s just unfortunate we got behind early in the series.”Philadelphia won the best-of-seven series 4-2 and will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelVIDEO BELOW: Penguins head coach Dan Muse reacts after Game 6 lossANOTHER EARLY POSTSEASON EXIT The Penguins made their first playoff appearance since 2022, but couldn’t get past the opening round.Pittsburgh’s last playoff series win came in 2018, a first-round victory over Philadelphia.The Pens have not advanced beyond the second round since winning the Stanley Cup in 2017.’IT HURTS A LOT’Dan Muse, who led Pittsburgh back to the playoffs as a first-year NHL head coach, was emotional as he reflected on the Game 6 loss.”Right now, it’s raw,” Muse said. “At no point today did I expect for our season to be over. It’s just not the way that this group thinks. It’s not the way that I think. It’s tough right now to be able to kind of really look back and say that I love this group. They’re awesome.”From start to finish, just going back to training camp, what the outside expectations are were never what the inside expectations were. All I really cared about was what this group thought, how they believed in themselves, and how when things got hard, they found a way to dig in and keep pushing, so I’m proud of each guy on this team and everything that we worked to accomplish this year.”

PHILADELPHIA —

The Penguins’ season came to a heartbreaking end with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.

After neither team scored in regulation, Cam York finally found the net at 17:32 of overtime to give the Flyers a 1-0 victory in Game 6 at Xfinity Mobile Arena.

VIDEO ABOVE: Sidney Crosby reacts after Game 6 loss

Arturs Silovs made 31 saves for the Pens, who came up just short in their bid to force a Game 7 after falling behind 0-3 in the first-round series.

“We were a shot away from going back to Pittsburgh for Game 7,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “It comes down to bounces sometimes. Putting yourself in that position is tough. I think we all had a lot of belief we could dig ourselves out of it. It’s just unfortunate we got behind early in the series.”

Philadelphia won the best-of-seven series 4-2 and will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

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VIDEO BELOW: Penguins head coach Dan Muse reacts after Game 6 loss

ANOTHER EARLY POSTSEASON EXIT

The Penguins made their first playoff appearance since 2022, but couldn’t get past the opening round.

Pittsburgh’s last playoff series win came in 2018, a first-round victory over Philadelphia.

The Pens have not advanced beyond the second round since winning the Stanley Cup in 2017.

‘IT HURTS A LOT’

Dan Muse, who led Pittsburgh back to the playoffs as a first-year NHL head coach, was emotional as he reflected on the Game 6 loss.

“Right now, it’s raw,” Muse said. “At no point today did I expect for our season to be over. It’s just not the way that this group thinks. It’s not the way that I think. It’s tough right now to be able to kind of really look back and say that I love this group. They’re awesome.

“From start to finish, just going back to training camp, what the outside expectations are were never what the inside expectations were. All I really cared about was what this group thought, how they believed in themselves, and how when things got hard, they found a way to dig in and keep pushing, so I’m proud of each guy on this team and everything that we worked to accomplish this year.”