{"id":171399,"date":"2026-04-21T02:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171399\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:14:08","slug":"flyers-dominate-penguins-to-take-2-0-series-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171399\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyers dominate Penguins to take 2-0 series lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in Game 2<\/a> of their Eastern Conference playoff series on Monday at PPG Paints Arena.<\/p>\n

The Flyers scored twice in the second period and added an empty-netter late in the third frame while keeping the Penguins at bay to take a 2-0 series advantage against their Metropolitan Division rival. According to NHL records<\/a>, teams with a 2-0 series lead in a best-of-seven matchup have won the series 86% of the time.\u00a0Philadelphia won<\/a> Game 1 3-2 over the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Porter Martone<\/a>\u00a0put Philadelphia ahead 1-0 with 6:21 left in the second period after burying a loose puck past Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner. The 19-year-old also scored in Game 1. Philadelphia scored about 4 minutes later when Garnet Hathaway scored a shorthanded one-timer from Owen Tippett, and Luke Glendening scored the empty-net goal with 2:05 remaining in the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goaltender Dan Vladar made 27 saves for Philadelphia, which had 48 hits to Pittsburgh’s 32 hits. Pittsburgh also went 0-for-5 on the power play in a game where it struggled to match Philadelphia’s gameplan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh was last blanked on the scoreboard in the playoffs in a 2-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens in 2020. Monday was Vladar’s first shutout since a 3-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Dec. 3, 2025.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

When is Flyers-Penguins Game 3?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Game 3 in the first-round series between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Puck drop is\u00a0scheduled<\/a>\u00a0for 7 p.m. in Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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