🔔 Away Flyers 1-3 in series
3–0
Final
PIT leads 4–2
🐧 Home Penguins 3-1 in series
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Flyers at Penguins — First Round Game 5

Flyers, First Round Game 5, beat Penguins 3–0 at PPG Paints Arena on April 23, 2009.

🗓 Thu, Apr 23, 2009 · 18:00 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 2008-09 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PHI vs PIT · PIT leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
1–4
Final · PIT
Game 2
2–3
OT · PIT
Game 3
3–6
Final · PHI
Game 4
3–1
Final · PIT
Game 5
3–0
Final · PHI
Game 6
5–3
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🔔 PHI
Matt Carle
2 A
2 shots · 20:36 TOI
2nd star 🔔 PHI
Mike Knuble
1 G
7 shots · 16:28 TOI
3rd star 🔔 PHI
Claude Giroux
1 G
3 shots · 14:17 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🔔 Arron Asham Go-ahead 2nd · 06:32
Assists: Daniel Carcillo · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–0
3rd period
🔔 Claude Giroux 3rd · 03:25
Assists: Darroll Powe, Matt Carle · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
2–0
🔔 Mike Knuble 3rd · 13:12
Assists: Mike Richards, Matt Carle · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI PIT🐧
26 Shots on goal 28
23 Hits 33
17 Blocked shots 9
2 Takeaways 4
7 Giveaways 5
8 Penalty minutes 10
PHI shooting 11.5% (3/26) PIT shooting 0.0% (0/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Martin Biron Shutout
28/28
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:20 TOI
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:40 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 45-29-12 (52% win rate, 86 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 48-29-9 (56% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 Hartnell · Richards · Carter 20:09
L2 Gagne · Lupul · Knuble 16:28
L3 Brière · Powe · Giroux 15:19
L4 Carcillo · Ross · Asham 6:48
D1 Timonen · Coburn 26:04
D2 Carle · Parent 20:12
D3 Alberts · Jones 13:06
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Malkin · Staal 22:03
L2 Kunitz · Kennedy · Guerin 15:05
L3 Cooke · Fedotenko · Talbot 12:03
L4 Dupuis · Satan · Adams 9:24
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 25:02
D2 Scuderi · Boucher 18:06
D3 Gill · Eaton 16:46

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–1 · Penguins won
Apr 19, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–6 · Flyers won
Apr 17, 2009
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
2–3 (OT) · Penguins won
Apr 15, 2009
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
1–4 · Penguins won
Mar 22, 2009
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
3–1 · Flyers won

❓ PHI vs PIT, answered

Who won Flyers vs Penguins on April 23, 2009?

Flyers won 3–0.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Penguins?

The final score was Flyers 3, Penguins 0.

Who scored for Flyers?

Arron Asham, Claude Giroux, Mike Knuble.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Martin Biron made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Penguins played?

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

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 21
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 25
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
5–3 · PIT won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 21
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
3–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 25
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
5–3 · PIT won
Also on April 23, 2009
🐙DET @ 🧥CBJ
6–5 final
🌪️CAR @ 😈NJD
0–1 final
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
0–4 final
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