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NHL scores: Penguins crush Flyers 7-0 as Arturs Silovs earns a shutout in Philadelphia

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The Associated Press. (2026, October 1). NHL scores: Penguins crush Flyers 7-0 as Arturs Silovs earns a shutout in Philadelphia. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl-scores-penguins-crush-flyers-7-0-as-arturs-silovs-earns-a-shutout-in-philadelphia/article_7a751fb1-2547-5539-b85b-050bd7dfcd0b.html

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In a dominating performance, the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Arturs Silovs earned his third career shutout by stopping all 19 shots he faced. Key scorers for the Penguins included Evgeni Malkin, Nick Robertson with two goals, and Filip Hallander. The victory marks a stark contrast to last April when the Flyers eliminated Pittsburgh from the playoffs on this same ice.
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On Wednesday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins crushed the Philadelphia Flyers with a decisive score of 7-0. The game was dominated by the Penguins' second-period goals from Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre, and Filip Hallander, among others. Goalie Arturs Silovs recorded his third career shutout in his 57th NHL start, stopping 19 shots. Nick Robertson scored two goals for Pittsburgh, while Ville Koivunen and Egor Chinakhov added single scores.

This victory was particularly sweet for the Penguins as they had been defeated by the Flyers in a first-round playoff series just months earlier on the same ice. The lopsided score left Philadelphia fans booing their team off the ice after the second period, tarnishing what would have been an exciting opening night for the Flyers' season.

The Penguins are aiming to build on their core of longtime players Sidney Crosby and 40-year-old Evgeni Malkin, who recently signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh. Kris Letang also remains in the lineup. The team hopes that this veteran group can lead them to success similar to previous seasons when they were playoff contenders regularly but haven't won a series since nearly a decade ago.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre and Filip Hallander scored in the second period and Arturs Silovs stopped 19 shots to help the Pittsburgh Penguins steamroll the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday night.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre and Filip Hallander scored in the second period and Arturs Silovs stopped 19 shots to help the Pittsburgh Penguins steamroll the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday night. asserted
Penguins → score → night
Silovs posted his third career shutout in his 57th start. asserted
Silovs → post → start
Nick Robertson scored two goals and Ville Koivunen and Egor Chinakhov also scored for the Penguins. asserted
Koivunen → score → Penguins
Sidney Crosby added an assist. asserted
Crosby → add → assist
The Penguins’ season ended on the same Philadelphia ice in April when the Flyers won a first-round playoff series in six games. asserted
Flyers → end → games
The Flyers left the clincher to a roaring ovation on Cam York’s winner. asserted
Flyers → leave → winner
Five months later, the Flyers were soundly booed off the ice – reaching a crescendo after the second period – and the opening night festivities were spoiled for a team trying to become a force in the Eastern Conference. asserted
festivities → boo → Conference
The Penguins are trying to run it back at least one more time between the longtime core of Crosby, Malkin and Kris Letang. asserted
Penguins → try → Crosby
Malkin signed a one-year deal to remain in Pittsburgh, and the hope is there’s enough magic left to help put the Penguins in position to win a playoff series for the first time in nearly a decade. asserted
hope → sign → decade
The 40-year-old Malkin ripped a one-timer from the slot early in the second period for the 3-0 lead that also gave him 100 career points against the Flyers. asserted
that → rip → Flyers
He became the sixth player with at least 100 points against the Flyers. asserted
He → become → Flyers
Crosby’s assist on Robertson’s game-opening goal extended his record with 140 career points against Philly. asserted
assist → open → Philly
Easton Cowan had a goal and an assist in the first period and Toronto beat New York for its first victory under coach Jim Hiller. asserted
Toronto → have → Hiller
The Maple Leafs rebounded from a 3-2 home loss to Montreal in their opener Tuesday night, spoiling the Islanders’ first game of the season. asserted
Leafs → rebound → season
Colton Sissons also scored for Toronto, and Anthony Stolarz made 26 saves. asserted
Stolarz → score → saves
Emil Heineman scored in the third period for New York. asserted
Heineman → score → York
Ilya Sorokin stopped 24 shots. asserted
Sorokin → stop → shots
Sissons redirected his first goal for Toronto at 7:14 of the first period off Nick Paul’s setup. asserted
Sissons → redirect → setup
Cowan then shoveled home a power-play rebound with 8:05 left in the period. asserted
Cowan → shovel → period
Reunited with fellow netminder Sergei Bobrovsky after winning the Stanley Cup together with Florida in 2024, Stolarz was perfect until Heineman scored short-handed with 5:51 left. asserted
Heineman → reunite → 5:51
AVALANCHE 8, KINGS 4 DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a four-goal second period and capped his night with a rare fight, and Colorado opened the season with a victory over Los Angeles. asserted
Colorado → score → Angeles
Hours before the game, Colorado coach Jared Bednar was given a four-year contract extension. asserted
Bednar → give → extension
Bednar, who led Colorado to the 2022 Stanley Cup title, was in the final year of his current contract. asserted
who → lead → contract
The extension ended speculation on his future after being swept by Vegas in the Western Conference finals last spring. asserted
extension → end → finals
“I didn’t want him to go through the whole year and have those distractions of being asked that same question, especially as the year goes on,” Avs president and general manager Joe Sakic said before Wednesday night’s game. asserted
Sakic → want → game
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals, Brock Nelson had a goal and two assist and Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves for Colorado, which scored four times on the power play and allowed two short-handed goals. asserted
which → have → goals
MacKinnon, who had a career-high 53 goals last season, scored on a 5-on-3 just 23 seconds into the second period and gave the Avs a 4-2 lead with his second at 8:33. asserted
who → have → 8:33
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