PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:
LAST 2 GAMES
Nov. 23: Pittsburgh 2, Calgary 1 (SO) – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Rutta, Malkin (SOW)
Multiple Points: None
Goalie: Jarry (33 saves/34 shots)
Key Stats: Evgeni Malkin tallied the shootout winner, marking his first game-deciding shootout goal since Dec. 27, 2017.
PP: 0-3
PK: 3-3
Nov. 20: Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 3 – United Center
PIT Goals: McGinn, Malkin, Rakell, Crosby, Carter (EN)
Multiple Points: Crosby (1G-3A), Letang (2A), Rakell (1G-1A)
Goalie: DeSmith (29 saves/32 shots)
Key Stats: Sidney Crosby scored the go-ahead game-winninggoal with just 3:14 left to play in Evgeni Malkin’s 1,000th NHL game as Pittsburgh finished its road trip 3-0-0.
PP: 0-2
PK: 4-4
INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
N/A None
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 30
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Nov. 15 F Teddy Blueger activated off of LTIR. F Filip Hallander re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
Nov. 13 D Mark Friedman re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL).
Nov. 11 D Mark Friedman recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL). F Sam Poulin re-assigned to WBS.
Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Flyers: 111-153-40
In Pittsburgh: 71-57-25
In Philadelphia: 40-96-15
OT Record vs. Flyers: 16-14-16
Shootout Record vs. Flames: 5-1
2021-22 Results: Pittsburgh went 3-1-0.
Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. FLYERS:
Mario Lemieux: 71 GP, 124 PTS (51G-73A)
Sidney Crosby: 80 GP, 120 PTS (51G-69A)
Evgeni Malkin: 67 GP, 82 PTS (29G-53A)
TONIGHT’S GAME
-The Penguins hit the road to take on the Philadelphia Flyers for their first matchup of the season and the only one at Wells Fargo Center (TV: TNT; Radio 105.9 The X).
-The Penguins face the Flyers three times this season but after tonight they won’t face them again until March 11th at home.
-Last season the Penguins went 3-1-0 against the Flyers. Kris Letang led the team in points with six points (2G-4A) in four games played. Both of his goals were game-winning goals.
-The Penguins are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games played against the Flyers and in those games, they are 37% (10/27) on the power play.
QUICK HITS
1) Pittsburgh has points in seven of its last eight games overall (6-1-1). Since this eight-game stretch began on Nov. 9, only the St. Louis Blues (14) have picked up more points than Pittsburgh (13).
2) Jake Guentzel has 24 points (9G-15A) in 23 career regular-season games against the Flyers. If you include postseason games, Guentzel has 37 points (15G-22A) in 29 games.
3) Per NHL PR, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin earned their 500th win as teammates Wednesday night. While they are first set of Penguins teammates to combine for the feat, four other active teammates have also reached the mark: Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom (603), Jonathan Toews-Patrick Kane (529), Anze Kopitar-Drew Doughty (508) and Ovechkin-John Carlson (505).
4) Since entering the league in 2006-07, no defenseman has more points against the Flyers than Kris Letang (47). He has points in six of his last seven games (2G-7A) against Philadelphia. His plus-30 versus the Flyers is third best in NHL history behind only Bobby Orr (+37) and Jaromir Jagr (+31).
5) Jason Zucker has scored in seven of his 17 career games (7G) versus the Flyers.
TEAM NOTES
PENALTY KILLIN’ IT
Pittsburgh’s penalty killing unit was perfect for the fifth-straight game, going 3-for-3 on Wednesday against Calgary, and has now killed off 17 of its last 18 penalties over the last six games. Below is a look at Pittsburgh’s penalty kill by month, which has made significant improvement since October:
Month PK PK% Rank
October 22/31 71.0% 28th
November 31/35 88.6% 1st
Total: 53/66 80.3% T-13th
Since Teddy Blueger returned to the lineup from injury, the Penguins have not allowed an opposing power-play goal.
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
The Penguins extended their win streak to a season-long four games on Wednesday night thanks to Evgeni Malkin’s heroics in the shootout on the night that the team celebrated his 1,000th NHL game (11/20 vs. CHI). Pittsburgh’s four-game win streak is the longest active winning streak in the NHL:
Team Win Streak
Pittsburgh 4
Detroit 3
Colorado 3
Four Teams 2
The Penguins also enter tonight’s game with an active three-game road winning streak. Only the New Jersey Devils (8) and Colorado Avalanche (4) have longer such streaks in the league.
TOP-LINE TRIO
The Penguins have found success with the top line of Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, going 7-0-1 in the games that they’ve played together this season (Oct. 13-20, Nov. 17-23). Below is a look at their production in their eight games together:
Player GP G A PTS
Sidney Crosby 8 5 12 17
Jake Guentzel 8 5 5 10
Rickard Rakell 8 3 2 5
CARTER 400
Jeff Carter registered his eighth assist of the season Wednesday night against Calgary, giving him three points (1G-2A) in his past four games. He currently sits three assists from 400 in his career and is set to become the sixth player from the 2003 draft class to collect 400 goals and 400 assists along with Eric Staal (441G-593A), Patrice Bergeron (409G-591A), Joe Pavelski (430G-516A), Corey Perry (407G-456A) and Zach Parise (412G-441A). He would also become the 100th player in NHL history to accomplish this feat.
PENGUINS COACH’S CHALLENGES
2022-23 Record: 3-for-4, 75.0%
All-Time (Since 2015-16): 29-for-52, 55.8%
Last Challenge: (L) Nov. 12, 2022 – Call upheld; Video review confirmed no goaltender interference infractions occurred prior to Cole Caufield’s goal in Montreal.
Type of Challenge: Play Stoppage: 1-for-1, 100.0% Interference: 12-for-28, 42.9% Offsides: 16-for-23, 70.0% PITTSBURGH PENGUINS • PITTSBURGH PENGUINS • PITTSBURGH PENGUINS • PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Sidney Crosby
80 GWG
Evgeni Malkin
78 GWG
Jaromir Jagr
78 GWG
Mario Lemieux
74 GWG
Jean Pronovost
42 GWG
PENGUINS’ ALL-TIME GAME-WINNING GOAL LEADERS
CAPTAIN CROSBY
Sidney Crosby leads Pittsburgh and is tied for eighth in the NHL with 27 points (10G-17A) in 20 games this season. Of his 27 points, 22 of them (9G-13A) have come at even strength which trails only San Jose’s Erik Karlsson:
Player EVP
Erik Karlsson 23
Sidney Crosby 22
Jason Robertson 21
Matthew Tkachuk 19
Jack Eichel 19
Crosby has recorded multiple points in over one third of his games played this season (7/20) and has points in seven of his last nine games (5G-10A). Since Nov. 5, Crosby has the second-most points in the NHL:
Player GP G A PTS
Jason Robertson 9 9 7 16
Sidney Crosby 9 5 10 15
Jamie Benn 9 8 6 14
Adam Fox 8 3 10 13
Mitch Marner 10 2 11 13
RAK CITY
Rickard Rakell has put together a solid start to the season, registering 13 points (8G-5A) and a team-high plus-12 in 20 games this season. His eight goals are tied for third on Pittsburgh, and his 13 points are fifth most. Rakell, who was selected 30th overall by Anaheim in the 2011 NHL draft, currently sits one assist shy of 200 in his career. He’s looking to become the 15th member of his draft class to accumulate 200 or more assists, and his 365 career points (166G-199A) in 688 games are also 15th among players drafted in 2011.
100 WINS FOR 35
Tristan Jarry stopped 33 of 34 shots (.971 SV%) on Wednesday night, picking up the 100th win of his career. Jarry, who has played 171 career games with Pittsburgh, became the fifth goaltender in Penguins history to win 100 games with the team, and the second-fastest Penguins goalie to reach the mark:
Goaltender GP to 100 W
Matt Murray 166
Tristan Jarry 171
Ken Wregget 194
Tom Barrasso 206
Marc-Andre Fleury 219.
2022-23 REGULAR-SEASON SPECIAL TEAMS BREAKDOWN
Power Play Penalty Kill
PPG/PPO PP% Situation Killed/Times SH PK%
12-67 17.9% Overall 53-66 80.3%
11-64 17.2% 5-on-4 53-64 82.8%
1-1 100.0% 5-on-3 0-0 00.0%
0-3 00.0% 4-on-3 0-1 00.0%
100 WINS FOR 35 (CONT’D)
Jarry enters tonight’s game having stopped 65 of his last 66 shots (.985 SV%) over his last two starts. He’s won each of his last three starts
against the Flyers with a 2.31 goals-against average and .923 save percentage in that stretch.
THE WIZARD OF CROS
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby has done some of his best work against the Philadelphia Flyers throughout his career. In 80 career games, Crosby has 51 goals, 69 assists and 120 points. His 51 goals are his most against any one team, while his 1.50 points-per-game average is his fourth-highest average against any opponent. No active player has more points against Philadelphia than Crosby:
Career Points vs. Philadelphia Among Active Players
Team/Player GP G A PTS
PIT – Sidney Crosby 80 51 68 120
PIT – Evgeni Malkin 67 29 53 82
WSH – Alex Ovechkin 67 43 30 73
WSH – Nicklas Backstrom 59 21 43 64
TBL – Steven Stamkos 38 27 24 51
Throughout NHL history, only Mario Lemieux (124) has recorded more points against the Flyers than Crosby’s 120. Lemieux (51) and Crosby (51) are currently tied for the most goals against Philadelphia in NHL history. In his last 20 games against the Flyers, Crosby has 36 points (15G-21A) which includes points in 19 of those 21 games.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME BROADCAST INFO.
Sat., Nov. 26 New York Islanders UBS Arena 7:30 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
Tues., Nov. 29 New York Islanders Wells Fargo Center 7:30 p.m. ESPN+/Hulu, 97.5 The Fanatic
Thur., Dec. 1 Tampa Bay Lightning Wells Fargo Center 7 p.m. NBCSP, 97.5 The Fanatic
CURRENT INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Wade Allison IR-oblique muscle strain, hip pointer 11/13-present 6
Cam Atkinson upper body 9/25-present 20
Sean Couturier back 9/19-present 20
Ryan Ellis LTIR-groin/hip/back 10/11-present 20
Travis Konecny upper body 11/19-present 3
Scott Laughton IR-upper body 11/21-present 2
James van Riemsdyk IR-upper body 10/27-present 14
2022-23 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 115
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
11/22 – Placed F Scott Laughton on Injured Reserve; Recalled F Jackson Cates from Lehigh Valley (AHL)
11/16 – Activated F Patrick Brown from IR
11/15 – Placed F Wade Allison on IR due to an oblique muscle strain and hip pointer
FLYERS VS. PENGUINS: HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS PENGUINS
163-98-43 ALL-TIME RECORD 111-153-40
103-36-12 HOME 71-57-25
60-62-31 ROAD 40-96-15
1-2-2 LAST 5 MEETINGS 4-1-0
4-4-2 LAST 10 MEETINGS 6-3-1
1,085 GOALS SCORED 935
21.1% POWER PLAY 20.6%
79.4% PENALTY KILL 78.9%
Hayes: 16 pts (7-9=16) in 30 GP
Farabee: 12 pts (4-8=12) in 13 GP
Ristolainen: 10 pts (0-10=10) in 28 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS Crosby: 120 pts (51-69=120) in 80 GP
Malkin: 82 pts (29-53=82) in 67 GP
Letang: 47 pts (10-37=47) in 60 GP
Hart: 4-3-2, 3.18 GAA, .902 SV% in 10 GP
Sandstrom: Has not faced PIT
TEAM GOALTENDERS Jarry: 9-4-1, 3.01 GAA, .898 SV% in 15 GP
DeSmith: 1-2-0, 3.48 GAA, .882 SV% in 4 GP
TEAM NOTES
THANKSGIVING FEAST
- The Flyers continue their Thanksgiving weekend of three games in four nights (Nov. 23-26). Philadelphia fell 3-2 in overtime Wednesday in Washington, will host Pittsburgh Friday and travel to New York Islanders Saturday.
- Philadelphia is 24-13-4-4 all-time when playing the day before Thanksgiving, including a 1-2-3 record since 2016-17.
- The Flyers are 24-7-4-1 all-time in Black Friday games, including a 3-3-2 record since 2013-14.
INTRASTATE RIVALRY
- Philadelphia takes on the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday for the first of three matchups this season.
- The Flyers are 163-98-30-13 all-time against the Penguins – their most wins and team points (369) against any NHL team.0
- Philadelphia’s 304 all-time contests against Pittsburgh are its second-most games against any NHL opponent (NYR, 313).
- The Flyers are 103-36-8-4 all-time in 151 career games against the Penguins on home ice. The 103 wins are the most wins on home ice against any NHL team – the sole opponent the Flyers own 100-plus wins on home ice against.
- Philadelphia leads the NHL in most games played, wins, team points, goals (1,085), PPG (277), SHG (53), assists (1,853), points (2,938) and shots (9,828) against Pittsburgh.
QUICK HITS
- Philadelphia plays 21 games in 40 days from Nov. 8-Dec. 17 – tied for the most games played among other NHL teams in that span (STL).
- The Flyers have allowed the opposing team to score first in 14 of its 20 games this season. Philadelphia ranks T-3rd in the NHL with five wins when trailing first in a game. The Flyers are 2-2-2 when scoring first.
- Philadelphia recorded a franchise-best 59 hits Nov. 12 vs. OTT. The 59 hits are tied for the ninth-most in a regular season game in NHL history.
- The Flyers rank second in the NHL with 365 blocked shots and fourth with 595 hits.
- Philadelphia ranks T-6th in the NHL in team rookie scoring percentage (11.6) and seventh in team rookie points (16).
- The rookies have netted a combined seven goals to rank second among NHL team rookie goal percentage (14.0) and T-3rd in rookie goals.
BACK-TO-BACKS
- Friday’s and Saturday’s games this week mark the Flyers’ fifth back-to-back set of 15 this season.
- The set marks the first of three home-to-road back-to-backs this season:
- Nov. 25 vs. PIT; Nov. 26 at NYI
- Feb. 24 vs. MTL; Feb. 25 at NJD
- April 1 vs. BUF; April 2 at PIT
- The Flyers are 2-1-1 in the first game of a back-to-back this season and 0-4-0 in the second.
NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER
- The Flyers play nine road games this month – the most road games in a single month this season.
- Philadelphia plays 15 contests this month, its most in a month this season and the ninth time in franchise history the Flyers plays 15-plus games in the month of November:
Most Games in November, By Season
Season Total Games Record Team Points
1990-91 17 11-4-2 24
2019-20 16 10-2-4 24
2022-23 15 2-6-4 8
2013-14 15 9-4-2 20
2006-07 15 5-8-2 12
1995-96 15 9-5-1 19
1980-81 15 10-2-3 23
1978-79 15 9-4-2 20
1975-76 15 9-2-4 22
- The Flyers’ 17 games in 1990-91 are the most played in the month of November in NHL history.
- Philadelphia owns a 346-235-67-41 all-record for games played in the month of November.
BUZZIN’ JOEL
- Joel Farabee tallied an assist Wednesday to extend his point streak to three games (1-2=3).
- He owns seven points (1-6=7) in the last nine games, including a season-high three-game assist streak, Nov. 8-12.
- He ranks third on the Flyers in assists (9) and scoring (13) and fourth in goals (4) this season.
- The forward tallied a season-high three points (1-2=3) on Oct. 22 at NSH.
- He tied his career-high five shots for the seventh time on Oct. 19 at FLA.
- The 22-year-old is one of five Flyers players with a GWG this season, notching his fourth career on Oct. 27 vs. FLA.
LUCKY NUMBER 13
- Kevin Hayes saw his season-high six-game point steak (3-4=7) come to an end Wednesday.
- He owns nine points (4-5=9) in the last 10 games.
- The 30-year-old leads the team in assists (14) and PPA (6) and ranks T-1st in points (19) and second in multi-point games (5) this season.
- He collected eight points (1-7=8) in a career-high five-game season-opening point streak, Oct. 13-22.
- He tallied his 200th career assist Oct. 19 at FLA.
- Set a career-high three-game PPP streak (3a) from Oct. 13-18.
TIP OF THE HAT
- Owen Tippett recorded a career-high 21:14 TOI Monday vs. CGY.
- He registered his first career multi-goal game and a season-high six shots Nov. 19 at MTL.
- The Ontario native collected five points (3-2=5) in a four-game point streak (Nov. 13-19), matching his career-best four-game point streak also set March 9-15, 2021.
- He has seven points (4-3=7) in the last nine contests.
- He owns 10 points (6-4=10) in 15 games this season, setting a career best in a Flyers sweater.
- He leads the team in PPG (3), ranks second in goals, third in shooting percentage (15.0) and T-4th in scoring this season.
- The forward recorded his first multi-point game (1-1=2) of the season vs. STL (11/8).
- The 23-year-old has 17 points (10-7=17) in 36 career games with the Flyers in two seasons.
WHOLE LOT OF HART
- Carter Hart stopped 25-of-28 shots Monday vs. CGY to move to a 6-4-4 record on the season.
- The backstop has seen 30-plus shots in 11 of his 14 games this season – he is 6-1-4 in those contests.
- He ranks second among NHL goaltenders in shots against *474) and T-2nd in saves (436).
- He opened the season on an eight-game point streak (6-0-2) to become the fourth goaltender in team history to have started a season on an eight-game plus point streak: Pete Peeters (22-0-5 in 1979-80), Bob Froese (9-0-1 in 1982-83) and Dominic Roussel (8-0-0 in 1993-94). (NHL Stats)
- He made a career-high 48 shots and tied his career high with 51 shots faced vs. FLA on Oct. 27.
- He recorded a career-high season-opening five-game win streak.
- Per NHL Stats, he became the seventh goaltender in Flyers history to win each of his first five games of a season and first since Ron Hextall (5-0-0 in 1995-96). The longest such stretch in franchise history is eight straight games, achieved by Dominic Roussel (1993-94) and Bob Froese (1982-83).
- The 24-year-old’s 48 saves tied for the eighth-most by a Flyers goaltender while his 51 shots faced T-10th. Per NHL Stats, his 48 saves mark the highest single game save total by a Flyers goaltenders since Steve Mason on March 22, 2016 (51 at CBJ).
- Outside of Philadelphia, he only has two NHL teams he has not earned a win against: Colorado and St. Louis.
EMERGING TALENT
- Noah Cates owns six points (3-3=6) in the last nine games, including two multi-point games.
- He tallied his first power-play point of the season (assist), Nov. 15 at CBJ.
- The 23-year-old recoded his first game-winning goal of the season, second career, Oct. 18 at TBL.
- The forward leads team rookies with six points (3-3=6) and ranks T-6th among NHL rookies in goals and is one of 17 rookies to register a GWG.
ICE ICE BABY
- Tony DeAngelo recorded a career-high 31:03 TOI Nov. 19 at MTL to become the sixth defenseman in Flyers history to skate 31-plus minutes in two-or-more games, also: Matt Carle (2), Eric Desjardins (9), Derian Hatcher (2), Kim Johnsson (4) and Chris Pronger (3).
- He ranks seventh in the NHL in average TOI/game (25:11).
- He ranks third on the team in PPP (6), T-4th in points (10), fifth in assists (7) and T-5th in goals (3),
- He recorded five points (1-4=5) in a four-game point streak, Oct. 13-19.
- Per NHL Stats, he became the fifth defenseman in Flyers history to start a season on a point streak of at least four games: Behn Wilson (7 games in 1981-82), Chris Pronger (5 games in 2011-12), Gary Galley (four games in 1993-94) and Mark Howe (four games in 1988-89 & 1984-85).
- The blueliner scored his first goal in a Flyers sweater, on the power play, Oct. 15 vs. VAN.
- The Sewell, NJ native, made his Flyers debut on Oct. 13, registering two assists, a plus-3 rating and three blocked shots in a team-high 23:46 TOI.
IVAN THE GREAT
- Ivan Provorov ranks T-4th in team history for goals by a defenseman with Shayne Gostisbehere (60) and T-7th for points by a Flyers defenseman with Joe Watson (198).
- The blueliner ranks fourth on the team in assists (7), T-5th in shots (41) and T-6th in hits (30) this season.
- The 25-year-old leads the Flyers and ranks fourth in the NHL with 54 blocked shots.
- He tallied two assists, a plus-4 rating and 10 blocked shots in Philadelphia’s season opener on Oct. 13 vs. NJ.
- The Russian native’s 10 blocked shots tied the franchise record for most in a game for the third time: Andrew MacDonald (3/11/16); Provorov (11/2/17 & 10/13/22).
