Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: Pittsburgh 41-25-16=98pts, Philadelphia 43-27-12=98pts
Game 1 on Saturday, 18 April: Philadelphia wins at Pittsburgh, 3-goals-2
Game 2 on Monday, 20 April: Philadelphia wins at Pittsburgh, 3-goals-nil
Game 3 on Wednesday, 22 April: Pittsburgh loses at Philadelphia, 5-goals-2
Game 4 on Saturday, 25 April: Pittsburgh wins at Philadelphia, 4-goals-2
Game 5 on Monday, 27 April: Philadelphia loses at Pittsburgh, 3-goals-2
Game 6 on Wednesday, 29 April: Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Game 7* on Saturday, 02 May: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
* if needed

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-2:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 3-games-2 irrespective of site order (Philadelphia) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 745-188 (.798)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 233-54 (.812)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 365-94 (.795)
series record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 154-43 (.782)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 514-419 (.551)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 170-117 (.592)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 258-201 (.562)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 113-84 (.574)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 3-games-2 @ VVHHV:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 3-games-2 with site order VVHHV (Philadelphia) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 226-68 (.769)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 83-29 (.741)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 140-40 (.778)
series record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 56-20 (.737)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 180-114 (.612)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 67-45 (.598)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 110-70 (.611)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 46-30 (.605)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WWWLL:
Considering win order; ignoring site order: The team leading WWWLL irrespective of site order (Philadelphia) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 40-5 (.889)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 12-1 (.923)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 22-4 (.846)
series record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 7-1 (.875)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 29-16 (.644)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 10-3 (.769)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 16-10 (.615)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 6-2 (.750)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading WWWLL @ VVHHV:
Considering win order; considering site order: The team leading WWWLL with site order VVHHV (Philadelphia) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2025 MLB Finals:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 8-1 (.889)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 1-0 (1.000)
series record, NHL only, all rounds: 6-1 (.857)
series record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 1-0 (1.000)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 6-3 (.667)
Game 6 record, all best-of-7 sports, Preliminary round: 1-0 (1.000)
Game 6 record, NHL only, all rounds: 5-2 (.714)
Game 6 record, NHL only, Preliminary round: 1-0 (1.000)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1616 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2025 MLB Finals. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction: For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Pittsburgh Penguins hosted and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-goals-2 to reduce the Philadelphia Flyers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1620 lead to 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 19-2 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 13-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a series record of 7-9 and a Game 6 record of 7-9. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Philadelphia Flyers sustained their only two series losses in series 504 (to the Washington Capitals in the 1988 NHL Preliminary round), and in series 810 (to the New Jersey Devils in the 2000 NHL Semifinals). With their series 1620 Game 5 victory, the Pittsburgh Penguins end a four-Game 5 losing streak in best-of-7 NHL playoff series (irrespective of Games 1-4 outcomes). The Pittsburgh Penguins have trailed a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-2 in sixteen previous series: In each case, their Game 6 outcome has presaged their series outcome (nine Game 6 losses automatically equating to nine series losses; seven Game 6 wins followed in each case by seven Game 7 wins and thus seven series victories).

After Game 4: The Pittsburgh Penguins visited and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-2 to reduce the Philadelphia Flyers best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1620 lead to 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 21-2 (with an active seven-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 14-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a series record of 2-8 (with an active seven-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 5-5. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Philadelphia Flyers suffered their only two series losses in series 504 (to the Washington Capitals in the 1988 NHL Preliminary round) and in series 810 (to the New Jersey Devils in the 2000 NHL Semifinals round). Trailing a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Pittsburgh Penguins achieved their only two series wins in series 604 (over the Washington Capitals in the 1992 NHL Preliminary round) and in series 675 (over the Washington Capitals in the 1995 NHL Preliminary round).

After Game 3: The Philadelphia Flyers hosted and bested the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1620 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 10-0 and a Game 4 record of 3-7 (with an active four-Game 4 losing streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a series record of 0-6 and a Game 4 record of 2-4. Of the five best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series featuring three-game deficits surmounted for 4-games-3 series victories, two involved the series 1620 protagonists: In series 295 (in the 1975 NHL Quarterfinals), the Pittsburgh Penguins held a 3-games-nil series lead but lost 4-games-3 to the New York Islanders; in series 1098 (in the 2010 NHL Quarterfinals), the Boston Bruins held a 3-games-nil series lead but lost 4-games-3 to the Philadelphia Flyers.

After Game 2: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1620 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 18-0 and a Game 3 record of 10-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a series record of 5-8 and a Game 3 record of 7-6. Of the 18 Flyers series victories in the wake of a 2-games-nil best-of-7 NHL playoff series lead, two of the 18 occurred against the Pittsburgh Penguins (series 725 in the 1997 NHL Preliminary round; series 1158 in the 2012 NHL Preliminary round).

After Game 1: The Philadelphia Flyers visited and defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1620 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 24-9 and a Game 2 record of 18-15. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a series record of 15-17 and a Game 2 record of 19-13. In the history of best-of-7 format NHL Preliminary-round series (1987-2025, inclusive), teams such as the Philadelphia Flyers in series 1620 which win Game 1 by a single goal on the road have a 35-31 series record, with an active five-series losing streak.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NHL regular season, the Pittsburgh Penguins finished zero points ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers. From 1939 through the 2025 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by zero regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-10 (.545) for the team with home-ice advantage in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1620 is the 65th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the 74th for the Philadelphia Flyers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Pittsburgh Penguins have an all-rounds series record of 38-26, a Preliminary-round series record of 17-10, and a Game 1 record of 32-32, while the Philadelphia Flyers have an all-rounds series record of 39-34, a Preliminary-round series record of 13-10, and a Game 1 record of 33-40. Series 1620 is the eighth best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Philadelphia Flyers won four of their previous seven best-of-7 NHL playoff series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.