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PITTSBURGH — The Flyers lost Game 5 against the Penguins in the first 30 minutes of Game 4, and now they’re in danger of becoming the fifth victim of a reverse sweep in Stanley Cup playoff history. The Flyers didn’t poke the bear awake as much as they let the bear slowly regain consciousness,
Porter Martone has become a sensation quickly for the Flyers.
With Martone on the ice, the Flyers have generated 149 shot attempts at 5-on-5 through his first 12 games, the third most on the team and most among Philadelphia forwards. Although it’s a small sample size, Martone ranked in the 87th percentile among forwards in offensive zone time percentage (45.1) during the regular season.
While Game 4 of the first-round playoff series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday surely commanded the attention of television viewers in every corner of Pennsylvania from McKees Rocks to Malvern,
It looks like Matvei Michkov could be a healthy scratch for Game 5 of the Flyers' first-round playoff series against the Penguins.