PHILADELPHIA – With two and half minutes left in extra time on Wednesday night, Cam York scored to give the Flyers a 1-0 win in Game 6 of their first round series with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Bryan Rust #17 of the Pittsburgh Penguins battles Travis Sanheim #6 of the Philadelphia Flyers in front of Flyers goalie and Dan Vladar #80
The win gave the Flyers. 4-2 series win as they move on to face the Carolina Hurricanes.
“Great play by ‘Michy’ (Matvei Michkov) on the blue line there,” York said. “As soon as I got it looked up and ‘Catesy’ was net front. Just the way that the game was going, we knew that it was going to be a greasy one and just wanted to get it to the net and it found a hole.”
Dan Vladar made 42 saves in the win.
“I was just trying to give the guys in front of me a chance,” Vladar said. “I had the belief that they are going to capitalize. So obviously, glad that they did and even better than it was ‘Yorkie’ who scored.”
The Penguins had won two straight and pressed their case in the third and extra session.
“Guys battled, we had looks, we had chances, we had saves,” Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse said. “I thought guys did what they needed to do, but this happens sometimes.”
Arturs Silovs made 31 saves in the loss.
“He gave us a chance to win every time he was in,” Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said. “‘Skins’ did as well but it’s not easy for a goalie to come in down 3-0 and having the game that he had for a few games. Just give him a ton of credit for coming in and playing like he did.”
Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers hug teammate Cam York #8 on his winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins
Travis Konecny #11 and Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers rush the ice from the bench to celebrate the winning goal by teammate Cam York #8
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers react to the winning goal on a shot by Cam York #8 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Ryan Shea #5 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers look down at the puck in midair just before it get past Pittsburgh goalie Arturs Silovs #37
Arturs Silovs #37 of the Pittsburgh Penguins stops a shot by Porter Matone #94 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Noah Juulsen #47 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Everyone looks for the loose puck located under Jamie Drysdale #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Arturs Silovs #37 of the Pittsburgh Penguins dives to cover the loose puck under the skate of Travis Konecny #11 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguin players scramble fo the loose puck.
Noah Cates #27 of the Philadelphia Flyers checks Ryan Shea #5 of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Arturs Silovs #37 deflects the puck with his stick as teammate Kris Letang #58 blocks Philadelphia Flyers Christian Dvorak #22 and Denver Barkey #52
Owen Tippett #74 of the Philadelphia Flyers looks for a pass as Defenseman Shea #5 of the Pittsburgh Penguins prepares to disrupt the play.
