PHILADELPHIA — Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Game 6 of his team’s first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers at the Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday.
Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status following a morning skate.
In two games this series, Silovs has a 2-0 record, a 2.00 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage.
The Flyers lead the best-of-seven series, 3-2.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings during their morning skate were:
67 Rickard Rakell – 87 Sidney Crosby – 17 Bryan Rust
59 Egor Chinakhov – 18 Tommy Novak – 71 Evgeni Malkin
25 Elmer Soderblom – 81 Ben Kindel – 39 Anthony Mantha
19 Connor Dear – 46 Blake Lizotte – 55 Noel Acciari
28 Parker Wotherspoon – 65 Erik Karlsson
49 Sam Girard – 58 Kris Letang
5 Ryan Shea – 7 Ilya Solovyov
Crosby, Karlsson, Malkin, Rakell and Rust were on the top power-play unit. Chinakhov, Kindel, Letang, Mantha and Novak were involved on the second power-play unit.
• The Flyers held an optional morning skate. Forward Matvei Michkov, a healthy scratch in Game 5 on Monday, left the ice relatively early, typically a signal that a player will be playing.
In contrast, forward Garnet Hathaway, a presence in the Flyers’ lineup in the first five games, remained on the ice late with several reserves.
• The Flyers are expected to start goaltender Dan Vladar. In five games this postseason, Vladar has a 3-2 record, a 2.03 goals-against average, a .914 save percentage and one shutout.
• The scheduled referees are Gord Dwyer (No. 19) and Pierre Lambert (No. 25), while the linespersons are Travis Gawryletz (No. 67) and Matt MacPherson (No. 83). The standby officials are referee Francis Charron (No. 6) and linesperson Tommy Hughes (No. 65).
• The opening faceoff is scheduled for 7:40 p.m.