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2019 NHL Stadium Series
123OT Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1110 3
Philadelphia Flyers 1021 4
DateFebruary 23, 2019
VenueLincoln Financial Field
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance69,620
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The 2019 NHL Stadium Series (officially the 2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series) was a regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game played outdoors, as part of the Stadium Series of games held at football or baseball stadiums. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 23, 2019.

This was the only game in the Stadium Series held during the 2018–19 season (as opposed to multiple games in 2014 and 2016).

Background

Flyers celebrating after their overtime victory.

In 2016, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers worked out an agreement to play a home-and-home series of outdoors games. The first game that was planned eventually became the 2017 Stadium Series game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The NHL does not usually schedule teams to appear in outdoors games in consecutive years, so Philadelphia did not host this rematch until 2019. The two archrivals had also discussed playing a neutral site game at Beaver Stadium at State College, Pennsylvania, but it never materialized, due mainly to concerns about Beaver Stadium's plumbing being unable to withstand an event in winter.

Game summary

The Flyers scored two goals with an extra attacker/goalie pulled late in the third period to tie the game at 3–3, then won it off of Claude Giroux's score at 1:59 into overtime. Jakub Voracek scored the tying goal with 20 seconds left in regulation, as well as recording two assists. Voracek's score came after James van Riemsdyk's power play goal with 3:04 left cut the Penguins' lead to 3–2.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Sidney Crosby (26) Kris Letang (38) 07:59 1–0 PIT
PHI Sean Couturier (25) Jakub Voracek (36), Oskar Lindblom (13) 12:06 1–1 TIE
2nd PIT Justin Schultz (1) Patric Hornqvist (12), Sidney Crosby (49) 10:01 2–1 PIT
3rd PIT Evgeni Malkin (19) Zach Aston-Reese (8), Phil Kessel (42) 6:29 3–1 PIT
PHI James van Riemsdyk (16) – pp Jakub Voracek (37), Claude Giroux (45) 16:56 3–2 PIT
PHI Jakub Voracek (16) Sean Couturier (33) 19:40 3–3 TIE
OT PHI Claude Giroux (18) Nolan Patrick (12), Travis Sanheim (19) 1:59 4–3 PHI
Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st PHI Robert Hagg Roughing 05:47 2:00
PIT Garrett Wilson Roughing 05:47 2:00
PHI Wayne Simmonds Unsportsmanlike Conduct 16:23 2:00
PIT Kris Letang Unsportsmanlike Conduct (served by Patric Hornqvist) 16:23 2:00
2nd PIT Jack Johnson Tripping 01:03 2:00
3rd PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross-Checking 14:51 2:00
3rd PHI Robert Hagg Cross-Checking 14:51 2:00
3rd PIT Matt Cullen Slashing 15:40 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 OT Total
PIT 18 12 10 3 43
PHI 8 9 18 2 37
Power play opportunities
Team Goals/Opportunities
Pittsburgh None
Philadelphia 1/2

Three star selections
Team Player Statistics
1st PHI Jakub Voracek 1 goal, 2 assists
2nd PIT Justin Schultz 1 goal
3rd PHI Sean Couturier 1 goal, 1 assist

Team rosters

Pittsburgh Penguins
# Player Position
1 United States Casey DeSmith G
2 United States Chad Ruhwedel D
4 Canada Justin Schultz D
7 United States Matt Cullen C
8 United States Brian Dumoulin D
10 Canada Garrett Wilson LW
14 Canada Tanner Pearson LW
17 United States Bryan Rust RW
19 Canada Jared McCann C
27 United States Nick Bjugstad C
28 Sweden Marcus Pettersson D
30 Canada Matt Murray G
46 United States Zach Aston-Reese RW
58 Canada Kris Letang (A) D
59 United States Jake Guentzel C
71 Russia Evgeni Malkin (A) C
72 Sweden Patric Hornqvist RW
73 United States Jack Johnson D
81 United States Phil Kessel C
87 Canada Sidney Crosby (C) C
Head coach: United States Mike Sullivan


Philadelphia Flyers
# Player Position
6 Canada Travis Sanheim D
8 Sweden Robert Hagg D
9 Russia Ivan Provorov D
11 Canada Travis Konecny C
12 Austria Michael Raffl LW
14 Canada Sean Couturier C
17 Canada Wayne Simmonds (A) RW
19 Canada Nolan Patrick C
21 Canada Scott Laughton LW
23 Sweden Oskar Lindblom LW
25 United States James van Riemsdyk LW
27 United States Justin Bailey RW
28 Canada Claude Giroux (C) RW
33 Canada Cam Talbot G
37 Canada Brian Elliott G
44 Canada Phil Varone C
47 Canada Andrew MacDonald (A) D
53 United States Shayne Gostisbehere D
61 Canada Philippe Myers D
93 Czech Republic Jakub Voracek RW
Head coach: United States Scott Gordon

Casey DeSmith and Cam Talbot dressed as the back-up goaltenders. Neither entered the game.

Scratches

Pregame/Anthem/Entertainment

Keith Urban performed during the first intermission, and the Glorious Sons performed during the second intermission.

Before puck-drop Philadelphia sports legends were introduced. For the Phillies Jimmy Rollins, for the Eagles Jason Kelce, for the 76ers Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic, and for the Flyers Bobby Clarke.

After the legends were honored the Flyers' mascot Gritty made a surprise entrance. Then the teams entered.

The national anthem was performed by the Flyers' anthem singer, Lauren Hart.

A ceremonial puck-drop was done by the Eagles' coach, Doug Pederson.

References

  1. Philadelphia Flyers (November 19, 2017). "2019 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series Announced". PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. National Hockey League. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Molinari, Dave (February 5, 2016). "Penguins, Flyers planning home-and-home series of outdoors games | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". Post-gazette.com. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  3. "Penn St. officials looking to renovate or replace stadium in near future". ESPN.com. October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
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