\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 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.”\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The Penguins’ season came to a heartbreaking end with an overtime loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
VIDEO ABOVE: Sidney Crosby reacts after Game 6 loss<\/p>\n
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<\/a>.<\/p>\n “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.”<\/p>\n Philadelphia won the best-of-seven series 4-2 and will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n VIDEO BELOW: Penguins head coach Dan Muse reacts after Game 6 loss<\/p>\n ANOTHER EARLY POSTSEASON EXIT <\/p>\n