Penguins 4-1 Win In Philadelphia, 1/8/24

 

West side of PA, best side of PA. pic.twitter.com/1rrT95mmYF

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 9, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

   The Penguins played against the Flyers in Philadelphia on Monday, January 8th. Pittsburgh won with a 4-1 score after an unfortunate loss against the Sabres on Saturday.

Penguins lineup against the Flyers:

Guentzel - Crosby - Rakell

Smith - Malkin - Rust

O'Connor - Eller - Puustinen

Harkins - Acciari - Carter

Pettersson - Letang

Joseph - Karlsson

Graves - Ruhwedel

Nedeljkovic

Jarry

Flyers lineup against the Penguins:

Farabee - Couturier - Konecny

Tippett - Laughton - Atkinson

Foerster - Frost - Brink

Deslauriers - Poehling - Hathaway

York - Sanheim

Seeler - Walker

Zamula - Ristolainen

Hart

Ersson

   Rickard Rakell scores a power-play goal just 45 seconds into first - Rakell now has a four-game point streak, also having points in eight out of nine past Penguins games. Erik Karlsson scores the second for Pittsburgh, now in a two-goal lead with 12:23 left in the period. Karlsson also has a four-game point streak! Owen Tippett scores the first and only goal for the Flyers - 2-1 being the final score of the first period.

   Chad Ruhwedel scores his first of the season, with 11:53 remaining in the second. This was the only goal the whole second frame, 3-1.

   Evgeni Malkin scores his 15th of the season! The Penguins win with a 4-1 score.

"They got a lot of skilled guys over there," Carter Hart said. "They were seeing the ice a lot and getting a lot of touches - I'm sure they're feeling good with their game."

- The Flyers traded forward Cutter Gauthier for defenseman Jamie Drysdale from the Anaheim Ducks

- Rickard Rakell stats:

   - 5 Goals

   - 9 Assists

   - 14 Points

- Erik Karlsson stats:

   - 7 Goals

   - 21 Assists

   - 28 Points 

- Evgeni Malkin stats:

   - 15 Goals

   - 20 Assists

   - 35 Points

- Owen Tippett stats:

   - 13 Goals

   - 10 Assists

   - 23 Points

Drew O'Connor: "It's always fun winning.."

 

Geno rn 🙌 pic.twitter.com/74b79Udp1T

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 9, 2024

POST-GAME : Alex Nedeljkovic

POST-GAME : Mike Sullivan

POST-GAME : Travis Sanheim

POST-GAME : Owen Tippett

POST-GAME : John Tortorella