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2005-06 regular season

Flyers at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Flyers lead the season series 5–2

Penguins beat Flyers 2–0 at PPG Paints Arena on March 12, 2006.

PHI – PIT
22–20
Shots on goal
0/6–1/7
Power play
19–20
Hits
16–19
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Colby Armstrong
2 G
4 shots · 23:45 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
2 A
5 shots · 24:41 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Ryan Whitney
1 A
3 shots · 28:53 TOI

Scoring

2 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Colby Armstrong PP Go-ahead 1st · 07:21
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Sidney Crosby · beat Robert Esche
0–1
3rd period
🐧 Colby Armstrong 3rd · 02:50
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Jani Rita · beat Robert Esche
0–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Gagne · Forsberg · Knuble 21:04
L2 Nedved · Umberger · Kapanen 17:56
L3 Richards · Carter · Radivojevic 11:08
L4 Savage · Brashear · Dimitrakos 6:36
D1 Pitkanen · Desjardins 26:16
D2 Rathje · Gauthier 17:50
D3 Meyer · Jones 13:46
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Crosby · Armstrong 23:45
L2 LeClair · Rita · Koltsov 16:22
L3 Hilbert · Surovy · Ouellet 12:13
L4 Nordgren · Roy 4:56
D1 Whitney · Gonchar 25:58
D2 Scuderi · Orpik 21:25
D3 Nasreddine · Melichar 12:41
D4 Cairns 0:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI PIT🐧
22 Shots on goal 20
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
19 Hits 20
16 Blocked shots 19
1 Takeaways 2
6 Giveaways 4
14 Penalty minutes 35
PHI shooting 0.0% (0/22) PIT shooting 10.0% (2/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Robert Esche
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury Shutout
22/22
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:54 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Flyers
Flyers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-5-4 (44% win rate, 16 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1-2 (57% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Flyers
Flyers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-3-3 (33% win rate, 9 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Flyers lead the season series 5–2
Jan 232006 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 2–4 Jan 212006 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 2–1 Dec 232005 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 5–4 Nov 192005 🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT 6–3 Nov 162005 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 3–2 OT
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PHI vs PIT, answered

Who won Flyers vs Penguins on March 12, 2006?

Penguins won 2–0. The final score was Flyers 0, Penguins 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Colby Armstrong (2).

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Robert Esche made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves on 22 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Flyers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Flyers vs Penguins season series?

Flyers lead the season series 5–2 after 7 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🔔 Flyers
BeforeMar 11 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 6–5 AfterMar 15 🔔PHI @ 🐆FLA 4–0
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 11 😈NJD @ 🐧PIT 3–6 AfterMar 16 🐧PIT @ 😈NJD 1–2
Also on March 12
🏛️OTT 5–2 🦅WSH 🔥CGY 0–3 🏔️COL 🐻BOS 2–6 ⚔️BUF 🐦ATL 3–2 🗽NYR 🛢️EDM 3–4 🌲MIN 🐙DET 5–3 🪶CHI 🌵PHX 2–5 🦆ANA
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