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04/29 22:09 CDT Cam York scores in OT as Flyers beat Penguins 1-0 in Game 6,
reach Round 2
Cam York scores in OT as Flyers beat Penguins 1-0 in Game 6, reach Round 2
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Cam York buried the winner 17:32 into overtime and
chucked his stick into the crowd in a wild celebration to send the Philadelphia
Flyers into the second round for the first time in six years with a 1-0 Game 6
win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night.
The Flyers are set for a second-round showdown against Carolina.
"Just tried to put it there," York said. "We knew that it was going to be a
greasy one. It felt really good to see that one go in."
Dan Vladar was again sensational in the net and stopped all 42 shots and
prevented the Penguins from playing for a shot at playoff history.
Sidney Crosby and the Penguins tried to become just the fifth team in NHL
history to win a series after trailing 3-0. They won two straight games to
force Game 6.
It's the Flyers who are moving on in coach Rick Tocchet's first season.
Arturs Silovs made 31 saves.
The last playoff game to head to overtime scoreless was Winnipeg and Edmonton
in a 2021 first-round series. The Jets won 1-0 in the first OT.
The Flyers are in the playoffs for the first time since 2020, when they last
reached the second round in the bubble season. They played their first series
at home since 2018.
"So happy for the guys in that room," York said. "We battled all year long for
this position."
Silovs, who allowed about four goals per game over his last 10 starts of the
regular season, steadied the Penguins in place of the ineffective Stuart
Skinner with wins in Games 4 and 5 and about played like a Vezina Trophy winner
in Game 6.
Matvei Michkov, the Flyer's leading scorer after the Olympic break, was
scratched in Game 5. He returned to the lineup determined to be a postseason
difference-maker. He had a great chance on a breakaway but was stopped. The
Flyers kept the puck in the offensive zone and Michkov swooped in and tried to
poke the puck into the corner of the net, only for Silovs to again clamp down
and deny the goal.
The Flyers, the last team in the Eastern Conference to clinch a playoff spot,
had 10 giveaways in the first period and made it six straight games in the
series without a goal in the first period.
They can try to end that streak against a Hurricanes team that just swept the
Ottawa Senators.
Kris Letang dropped Travis Konecny with a right hand as the second period ended
and the long-time Penguin started the third in the penalty box. No matter. The
Flyers came up empty with the man advantage --- Michkov was wide on a one-timer
--- and they fell at that point to 2 for 17 on the power play in the series.
Vladar played like the team MVP he was in the regular season in willing the
Flyers to the second round. Crosby early in the third flicked the puck from
behind the net at Vladar. Perhaps auditioning for a spot on the World Cup teams
playing in Philadelphia, Vladar headed it like a soccer star over the back of
the net and the game remained scoreless.
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