The Pittsburgh Penguins trail the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 as the best-of-seven series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3 on April 22, 2026. The Flyers have taken the first two games, and the next two will be played on their home ice if the series keeps going that long.
That makes this game more than another stop in a long series. Pittsburgh’s regular-season road work gives it a reason to believe it can change the mood quickly: the Penguins went 21-12-8 away from home in 2025-26, good for 50 road points and tied for eighth in the NHL. The Flyers and Penguins also tied for the fewest home wins among Eastern Conference playoff teams in the regular season with 20, a reminder that neither side came into this matchup with a perfect home identity to lean on.
Game 3 is set for local broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and NBC Sports Philadelphia, with TNT and TruTV carrying it nationally. It will also stream on HBO Max. If the series is still alive afterward, Game 4 will not be until Saturday and is scheduled for an 8:00pm start, and Game 5 would return to Pittsburgh on Monday, 4/27.
The matchup also puts the projected lineups in full view. Pittsburgh’s forward group includes Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust, Egor Chinakhov, Tommy Novak, Evgeni Malkin, Elmer Soderblom, Ben Kindel, Anthony Mantha, Connor Dewar, Blake Lizotte and Noel Acciari. Philadelphia’s projected forwards include Tyson Foerster, Trevor Zegras, Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny, Christian Dvorak, Porter Martone, Denver Barkey, Noah Cates, Matvei Michkov, Luke Glendening, Sean Couturier and Garnet Hathaway, with Stuart Skinner and Arturs Silovs listed as the goalies.
That is the friction point in this series: the Flyers are already up 2-0, but the Penguins’ best road numbers of the season now have to matter in the harshest possible setting. A strong road team can survive pressure. A team down 2-0 cannot afford another quiet night, especially with the next two games still in Philadelphia.