Penguins shut out Flyers behind Silovs’ 19 saves
PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Arturs Silovs made 19 saves for a shutout and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-0 on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Pittsburgh scored three goals in the first period, two in the second and two in the third. Filip Hallander had a goal and two assists, Nicholas Robertson scored twice, and Hendrix Lapierre added a goal and an assist. Ville Koivunen, Yegor Chinakhov and Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pittsburgh, while Kaedan Korczak and Samuel Girard each recorded two assists. Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson, Thomas Novak and Declan Carlile contributed assists. Philadelphia could not solve Silovs, who earned the win in net. The Penguins improved to 1-0, while the Flyers fell to 0-1. Attendance at Xfinity Mobile Arena was 19,902. Pittsburgh’s top star was Silovs. The Penguins controlled play throughout the National Hockey League game. Philadelphia was held scoreless and struggled to generate offense.