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Sunday, April 6th 3:00 pm @ Wachovia Center
A potentially top seeded Pittsburgh Penguins team comes into Philadelphia to play their cross town rivals, the Flyers at 3:00pm. The season series is at 4-3 in favor of the Flyers, however the Pens have taken the last three.
The Penguins come into the game with a record of 47-26-8 with 102 points, aiming for the #1 overall seed in the East.
The Flyers start the game at 41-29-11 with 92 points and trying to enter the playoffs as the #7 seed.
This is the final game of the season for both teams.
This game could very well be a preview of a playoff series that will start Wednesday. The only way the Penguins do not face the Flyers is a Canadiens defeat tonight and a Flyers victory tomorrow. If that were to happen, the #1 Penguins would face the #8 Ottawa Senators and the #2 Canadiens would play the #7 Flyers.
This game is notable as it marks the return of Gary Roberts to the line up. Will he be disappointed that whipping boy Ben Eager is no longer there? Only time will tell.
With Ruutu, Laraque, Roberts, Gill, and Malone expected to play and the Flyers being... well... the Flyers, expect this game to be extremely chippy and have more than a few gloves dropped.
Since the Flyers swept the first half of the season series, the Penguins have destroyed the Flyers, winning all three games since by a combined total of 14-6.
Expected Penguins starter Marc Andre Fleury is 2-1 against the Flyers this season, with a 2.33 GAA and .917 Save %, stopping 76 out of 83 shots.
Expected Flyers starter Martin Biron is 4-3 against the Penguins this season, with a 3.14 GAA and a .872 save %, stopping 155 of 172 shots.
Penguins top scorer against the Flyers on the season: Evengi Malkin- 6 goals, 7 assists in 7 games
Flyers top scorer against the Penguins on this season: R.J. Umberger- 4 goals, 5 assists in 7 games
Home team is 5-2 on the season.
And finally, because this needs to be re-lived: Gary Roberts stamping Ben Eager's ticket to Chicago
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