Cronin was fired by the Ducks on April 19. On June 23, Zegras was traded to the Flyers, for forward Ryan Poehling and two picks in the NHL Draft.

The teams entered the 2025-26 season in the same boat. Both have had years of disappointing results, with both sides having missed out on the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Yet, the Penguins and Flyers have had promising starts to the season, giving both fanbases hope that their teams will be able to make a push for the postseason.

Sidney Crosby is on the verge of breaking Mario Lemieux's record for career regular-season points with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Tyson Foerster is expected to be out 2-3 months for the Philadelphia Flyers because of an upper-body injury. The forward left a 5-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday with 13:39 remaining in the second period after taking a shot on goal. He scored his Flyers-leading 10th goal earlier in the period.

Peg the Penguins as being somewhat unfortunate so far in even-strength play. Analytics are stronger than results, especially in the scoring department. And its notable that a strong Pittsburgh power play (30.4%, second NHL) has filed just 1.9 chances per game since Nov. 8.

Blake Lizotte sparked chaos in Penguins vs Flyers after a brutal stick shot to Garnet Hathaway’s groin in Pittsburgh’s 5-1 win.

The Pittsburgh Penguins take on the Philadelphia Flyers at the Xfinity Mobile Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 PM. This game will be available to watch on SportsNet Pittsburgh and NHL Network. Fans can listen to the game on 105.