Flyers–Penguins rivalry
The Battle of Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh against Philadelphia since both joined the NHL in 1967.
The Flyers–Penguins rivalry, also called the Battle of Pennsylvania, is the NHL rivalry between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers, who both play in the Metropolitan Division. It began in 1967, when both clubs entered the league in the same expansion, and it rests on geography and divisional alignment as the state's two NHL teams. Between 2008 and 2018 the teams met four times in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Quick Facts
- First meeting
- October 19, 1967
- Latest meeting
- April 29, 2026
- Total meetings
- 366
- Regular season
- 169–106–30–14 (PHI)
- Postseason
- 25–22 (PHI)
- Largest victory
- PHI 11–0 PIT; October 20, 1977
- Longest win streak
- PHI W11
- Current win streak
- PHI W1
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Background
The first meeting, on October 19, 1967, was also the first game ever played at the Philadelphia Spectrum: Doug Favell stopped all 17 Pittsburgh shots and Bill Sutherland scored the only goal in a 1–0 Flyers win. For two decades the matchup was one-sided. From February 7, 1974, to February 2, 1989, the Penguins went 42 games without a win at the Spectrum (0–39–3), and from 1967 to 1989 Philadelphia went 86–36–19 against Pittsburgh. The Flyers also won the clubs' first three playoff series, in 1989, 1997 and 2000; Pittsburgh's first series win came in the 2008 Eastern Conference Final, in five games.
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