Flyers eliminate Penguins in 2026 NHL playoffs for a Round 2 series with Hurricanes. Here's what we know.

The Philadelphia Flyers eliminated the Pittsburgh Penguins from the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, winning Game 6 by a score of 1-0 in overtime on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena to take the best-of-seven series 4-2. It is the Flyers' first playoff series win outside of a bubble format in 14 years, their last such victory coming against the Penguins in the 2012 Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Philadelphia will now face the No. 1-seeded Carolina Hurricanes in the second round, with Game 1 scheduled for next week pending the NHL's official release of the schedule.