The Pittsburgh Penguins [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/pittsburgh-penguins] are facing elimination heading into Game 4 of their first-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/philadelphia-flyers] on Saturday. They've been outplayed in the first three games of the series, being outscored 11-4 and have only one 5v5 goal. Their offense has been completely stifled, even though they finished the regular season with the third-most goals scored in the league. The Flyers' neutral-zone trap has really frustrated them in this series, but the Penguins had the right idea to beat it in the first period of Game 3. They dumped the puck deep and went to work down low, with a shoot-first mentality. Their efforts were rewarded with their first lead of the series in the first period before they got away from it in the final two periods, eventually losing 5-2. Head coach Dan Muse has looked out of his depth in this series and is set to make more lineup changes for Game 4. Ilya Solovyov is slated to come in for Connor Clifton while Arturs Silovs will start in goal over Stuart Skinner. Muse is also reuniting Egor Chinakhov with Evgeni Malkin after the former was on the third line with Ben Kindel for Game 3. Elmer Soderblom is coming in for Justin Brazeau after the latter replaced the former on Wednesday. Here's a look at the projected lines and pairs: Forwards Rakell-Crosby-Rust Chinakhov-Novak-Malkin Soderblom-Kindel-Mantha Dewar-Lizotte-Acciari Defensive pairs Wotherspoon-Karlsson Girard-Letang Shea-Solovyov If the Penguins win this game, they'll return to Pittsburgh for Game 5 on Monday. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. ET on TBS, truTV, HBO Max, and SportsNet Pittsburgh. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bookmark THN - Pittsburgh Penguins on your Google News tab [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw/sections/CAQqEAgAKgcICjCvqtILMO7F6QMwquDfCA?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen] to follow the latest Penguins news, roster moves, player features, and more!
