Penguins Tie Flyers Shutout Mark, Set Road Record

Pittsburgh opened the 2026–27 NHL season with a 7-0 road shutout of Philadelphia, matching its largest-ever shutout win over the Flyers and setting a record for the largest road shutout in a season opener. Arturs Silovs stopped all 19 shots for his third career shutout, and Nick Robertson scored twice in his Penguins debut. Evgeni Malkin, Hendrix Lapierre, Filip Hallander, Ville Koivunen and Egor Chinakhov also scored. Pittsburgh scored three times in the second period and added a power-play goal by Malkin and a short-handed goal by Robertson; Philadelphia went scoreless on three power plays.