Schedule and 2008-09 Results
Regular Season Records: Pittsburgh 45-28-9=99pts, Philadelphia 44-27-11=99pts
Game 1 on Wednesday, 15 April: Philadelphia loses at Pittsburgh, 4-goals-1
Game 2 on Friday, 17 April: Philadelphia loses at Pittsburgh, 3-goals-2 (OT)
Game 3 on Sunday, 19 April: Pittsburgh loses at Philadelphia, 6-goals-3
Game 4 on Tuesday, 21 April: Pittsburgh wins at Philadelphia, 3-goals-1
Game 5 on Thursday, 23 April: Philadelphia wins at Pittsburgh, 3-goals-nil
Game 6 on Saturday, 25 April: Pittsburgh wins at Philadelphia, 5-goals-3

SERIES NOTES:

Post-series assessment: The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-games-2 in MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1059. With the series 1059 victory, the Pittsburgh Penguins improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 22-16 overall and 11-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1059 loss, the Philadelphia Flyers see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 33-27 overall and 9-7 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Pittsburgh Penguins in series 1059 was WWLWLW: Series 1059 thus becomes the sixth NHL Preliminary-round series, the 16th NHL series (all rounds), and the 35th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow such a win order to conclusion. In series 1059 Game 6 in Philadelphia, the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins trailed by three goals as late as 4:34 into the second period: In the history of best-of-7 NHL playoff games from 1939 through the 2008 NHL Finals, inclusive, road teams trailing by three goals as late as 4:34 into the second period had a game record of only 2-112 (.018).