Flyers Crush Penguins, Lead Series 3-1

0:00It's April 23rd. This is NHL News Today, powered by AI everything happening with your team. I'm Cory with the story. Philadelphia Flyers just crushed the Pittsburgh Penguins, 5-2 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round, grabbing a 3-0 series. Led. Trevor Zegris lit it up with a goal and an assist, putting the Flyers on the brink of a sweep. Rasmus risked the line in, Nick Sealer, and Noah Kates also scored for Philly, the number 3 seed in the Metro Division. Sean Couturier, Jamie Drysdale, and Noah Juleson each dished to assist, while Dan Blader stopped 29 shots in net. Pittsburgh, the number 2 seed, got goals from Evgeny Malkin and Eric Carlson, but Stewart Skinner could only save 24. The Penguins jumped ahead early on a power play, but couldn't hold it. Philly roared back with 3 quick goals in the second period to flip the script 3-1. They added 2 more in the third, including an empty netter from Owen Tippett to seal it.

1:00Game 4 goes down Saturday in Philly, where the Flyers could punch their ticket to the second round for the first time since 2020. This series is heating up fast.