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In Game Five of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal. Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers take on Dan Muse’s Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Monday evening. The Flyers lead the best-of-seven series, three games to one.

On Saturday, the Flyers dropped a 4-2 home decision in Game Four. Philly trailed by scores of 2-0 and 3-1. Tocchet’s team battled back to twice cut the deficit to a single goal. They were unable to find an equaliser before an empty net goal sealed the outcome for Pittsburgh.

Denver Barkey (1st NHL playoff goal) and Travis Konency (1st) scored for the Flyers. Sidney Crosby (PPG, 1st) led the way offensively for the Penguins with a goal and an assist. Rickard Rakell (1st), Kris Letang (4-on-4, 1st) and Connor Dewar (ENG, 1st) had the other tallies for the Penguins.

Dan Vladar made 17 saves on 20 shots in a losing cause. Arturs Silovs turned aside 28 of 30 Philadelphia shots.

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

Game Four: April 25 in Philadelphia

Game Four scoring

Travis Konecny (1g, 0a)
Denver Barkey (1g, 0a)
Trevor Zegras (0g, 1a)
Cam York (0g, 1a)
Travis Sanheim (0g, 1a)
Christian Dvorak (0g, 1a)

Game Four goaltending

Dan Vladar: 17 saves on 20 shots

Game Four special teams

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

Flyers Lineup

At Sunday’s practice, there were several potential changes. Most notably, Noah Cates centered rookie Alex Bump and Tyson Foerster. If Bump plays, it will be his NHL playoff debut. Matvei Michkov skated with Carl Grundstrom and Garrett Wilson. Barkey skated with Trevor Zegras, who set up the rookie’s goal in Game Four, along with Owen Tippett. That trio played together a few weeks ago and looked effective.

On the blueline, Emil Andrae was back in the top six rotation at practice. Andrae was banged up in Game Two. Noah Juulsen (two assists) replaced Andrae in Game Three and remained in the lineup in Saturday’s game.

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

Travis Sanheim – Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York – Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler – Emil Andrae

Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]

Scratches: Matvei Michkov (healthy), Noah Juulsen (healthy), Carl Grundstrom (healthy), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Garrett Wilson (healthy).

Flyers Daily: Monday with Meltzer

Jason Myrtetus and I discuss the past week of Playoff hockey and key takeaways with the Flyers up three games to one vs the Penguins. What are the key differences that have Penguins on the brink of elimination but forced a fifth game on Monday? We also discuss the performance thus far of key players including Michkov, Zegras, Sanheim, Ristolainen and more.