After an unusually long wait, the Philadelphia Flyers have their date and start time for Game 1 of Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
On Thursday afternoon, the Flyers announced that they will play the Penguins at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh at 8 p.m. Saturday night, with ESPN carrying the national game coverage.
As for local coverage, NBC Sports Philadelphia and 97.5 The Fanatic will have Flyers fans covered for Game 1.
Here's how the Flyers lined up for their first practice ahead of Saturday's spite match with the Penguins:
Tyson Foerster - Trevor Zegras - Alex Bump/Owen Tippett
Travis Konecny - Christian Dvorak - Porter Martone
Denver Barkey - Noah Cates - Matvei Michkov
Luke Glendening - Sean Couturier - Garnet Hathaway
Travis Sanheim - Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York - Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler - Emil Andrae
Goalie prospect Carson Bjarnason was called up by the Flyers on Thursday morning to help out with practice; if Dan Vladar or Sam Ersson were injured, they'd have gone with a more experienced option like Aleksei Kolosov.
The Flyers split the season series 2-2 with the Penguins, taking both of their wins in the shootout.