The biggest Flyers home game in 16 years was the best of that mostly dull and empty stretch of time, 77 minutes and 32 seconds of total tension, loads of scoring chances, a near-equal number of stellar saves by the two goaltenders,

The Flyers finally closed out their cross-state rival in a Game 6 nail-biter on Wednesday night at home. Here's how they did it.

Rick Tocchet and Noah Juulsen of the Philadelphia Flyers have advanced over Artūrs Šilovs and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Penguins were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs in Game 6 of their First Round matchup against Philadelphia with a 1-0 overtime loss. Pittsburgh had battled back from a 3-0 deficit to be in this position.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Dewar, Kris Letang and Elmer Soderblom scored and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided elimination for the second time in 48 hours with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia in Game 5 of their first-round series on Monday night.

PITTSBURGH — The puck came trundling to Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner late in the second period Monday night, and he extended its fateful journey by backhanding it along the boards. His teammate Tommy Novak took his good sweet time retrieving it,

The Penguins and Flyers are creating something special in the first round of the their playoff series, and everyone is tuning in on ESPN.

Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang each scored goals, helping the Penguins avoid a first-round series sweep with a 4-2 win over the Flyers in Game 4 on Saturday night.