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Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Philadelphia Flyers 2
Status: Final
1 2 3 T
Penguins 1 1 2 4
Flyers 0 1 1 2
Goals Denver Barkey 1 Assists Travis Sanheim 1 Points Travis Konecny 1
Goals Sidney Crosby 1 Assists Sidney Crosby 1 Points Sidney Crosby 2
Crosby and Letang strike as the Penguins stave off a sweep with a 4-2 Game 4 win over Flyers
PHILADELPHIA -- Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang each scored goals and the three-time Stanley Cup champion teammates are headed back to Pittsburgh after they helped the Penguins avoid a first-round series sweep with a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 on Saturday night.
Game 5 is Monday in Pittsburgh.
Rickard Rakell also scored, and Connor Dewar sealed the win with a late empty-netter for the Penguins. Penguins coach Dan Muse made the right call with the season on the line to bench starting goalie Stuart Skinner in favor of Arturs Silovs .
The 38-year-old Crosby, a career-long foil for the Flyers, not only scored his first goal of the series, but he also set a savvy screen in the third period on defenseman Travis Sanheim that allowed Letang to have a clean look when he ripped his first goal of the series past Dan Vladar for a 3-1 lead.
The goal was crucial after Travis Konecny scored to make it 3-2 and ignite the Let's go Flyers! chants that had largely been dormant with the Flyers down early.
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