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In Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal. Rick Tocchet’s Philadelphia Flyers take on Dan Muse’s Pittsburgh Penguins at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday evening. The Flyers lead the best-of-seven series, three games to two.

On Monday in Pittsburgh, the Flyers battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the second period to tie the game on goals by Alex Bump (first career playoff tally) and Travis Sanheim (2nd). Unfortunately, a fluke bounce off the end stanchion that hit off Dan Vladar and went into the net restored a lead for Pittsburgh. Philly was unable to find another equaliser in the third period of the 3-2 loss.

Elmer Soderblom (1st), Connor Dewar (2nd) and Kris Letang (2nd) were credited with the Pittsburgh tallies. Vladar stopped 18 of 21 shots, while Penguins’ goalie Artur Silovs made 18 saves on 20 shots.

The Flyers had an off day on Tuesday.Tocchet spoke with the media remotely, along with captain Sean Couturier and veteran forward Christian Dvorak. Tocchet hinted at potential lineup changes from Game Five; possibly even rookie defenseman Oliver Bonk seeing his first NHL playoff action.

The Penguins have used the identical lineup in their wins in Games Four and Five. Barring injury, they are likely to stay with the same personnel again.

Where to watch

Time and Broadcast: 7:30 p.m. EDT on TNT, 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: 0-for-3
Penalty kill: 2-for-3

Game Five: April 25 @ Pittsburgh

Game Five scoring

Rasmus Ristolainen (0g,2a)
Alex Bump (1g, 0a)
Travis Sanheim (1g, 0a)
Travis Konecny (0g, 1a)
Noah Cates (0g. 1a)

Game Five goaltending

Dan Vladar: 18 saves on 21 shots

Game Four special teams

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

Flyers Lineup

The Flyers will hold a 10:30 a.m. EDT morning skate on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The projected lineup below is speculative and will be updated if necessary during the day.

UPDATED (11:30 AM EDT): The Flyers had an optional morning skate. However, below is the potential lineup based on which players — the presumable scratches — stayed out after the rest went off.

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

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

Dan Vladar
[Samuel Ersson]

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

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