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In Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal. Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers take on Dan Muse’s Pittsburgh Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Saturday evening.

On Wednesday, the Flyers captured a 5-2 victory in a feisty Game Three. Philly trailed for the first time in the series, as the Penguins took a 1-0 lead to the first intermission. A three-goal explosion in the second period triggered an avalanche of momentum the Flyers rode to the final horn.

Trevor Zegras (power play goal, 1st), Rasmus Ristolainen (1st), Nick Seeler (1st), Noah Cates (PPG, 1st) and Owen Tippett (ENG, 1st) scored for the Flyers. Evgeni Malkin (PPG, 2nd) and Erik Karlsson (PPG, 1st) had the goals for the Penguins. 

In goal, Dan Vladar battled through physical discomfort in the latter part of the game. He made 27 saves on 29 shots to earn the win. Pittsburgh netminder Stuart Skinner stopped 24 of 28 shots before Tippett’s empty net goal.

Where to watch

Time and Broadcast: 8:00 p.m. EDT on TBS, TRUTV and HBO MAX (national) and NBCSP (local)
Listen online: FlyersRadio 24/7
RAV4 keys to the game for Philadelphia: click here
Friday Forecheck — Sean Couturier (Flyers.NHL.com): click here

Flyers series game-by-game

Game One: April 18 @ Pittsburgh

Game One scoring

Rasmus Ristolainen (0g, 2a)
Porter Martone (1g, 0a) — GWG
Travis Sanheim (1g, 0a)
Jamie Drysdale (1g, 0a)
Christian Dvorak (0g, 1a)
Travis Konecny (0g, 1a)
Trevor Zegras (0g, 1a)
Denver Barkey (0g, 1a)

Game One goaltending

Dan Vladar: 15 saves on 17 shots

Game One special teams

Power play: 0-for-3
Penalty kill: 2-for-2

Game Two: April 20 @ Pittsburgh

Game Two scoring

Garnet Hathaway (1g, 1a) — SHG, 7 hits
Porter Martone (1g, 0a) — GWG
Luke Glenending (1g, 0a) — ENG
Owen Tippet (0g, 1a)
Travis Konecny (0g, 1a)
Christian Dvorak (0g, 1a)
Sean Couturier (0g, 1a)

Game Two goaltending

Dan Vladar: 27 saves on 27 shots

Game One special teams

Power play: 0-for-5
Penalty kill: 5-for-5, 1 SHG

Game Three: April 22 in Philadelphia

Game Two scoring

Trevor Zegras (1g, 1a) — PPG
Noah Cates (1g, 1a) — PPG
Sean Couturier (0g, 2a)
Jamie Drysdale (0g, 2a)
Noah Juulsen (0g, 2a)
Nick Seeler (1g, 0a) — GWG
Rasmus Ristolainen (1g, 0a)
Owen Tippett (1g, 0a) — ENG
Porter Martone (0g, 1a)

Game Three goaltending

Dan Vladar: 27 saves on 29 shots

Game Three special teams

Power play: 2-for-3
Penalty kill: 3-for-5

Flyers Lineup

The Flyers will hold a morning skate on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. EDT. All eyes will be on whether Dan Vladar is able to start the game at night. The lineups will be adjust if necessary during the pregame warmups.

Tyson Foerster – Trevor Zegras – Owen Tippett
Travis Konecny – Christian Dvorak – Porter Martone
Denver Barkey – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Sean Couturier– Luke Glendening – Garnet Hathaway

Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Noah Juulsen

Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]

Scratches: Carl Grundstrom (healthy), Alex Bump (healthy), Emil Andrae (healthy), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Garrett Wilson (healthy).

Media availability: Travis Sanheim