Penguins & Flyers Game Day Hockey Trivia (Dec. 23)

The Pittsburgh Penguins will play their final Metropolitan Division opponent for the first time tonight when the Philadelphia Flyers visit PPG Paints Arena.

Interestingly, Monday is the first of four meetings this season, with the next one on Feb. 8 at the Wells Fargo Center in the City of Brotherly Love.

The Battle of the Keystone has favored the Flyers for quite some time. Philadelphia has maintained a comfortable lead in regular season meetings and remains of nine teams the Penguins have a losing record against at 116-153-30-12 after 311 contests.

Let’s discuss some game-day trivia. Good luck!

1. Which Penguins netminder leads the team in penalty minutes against the Flyers?

1. Ken Wregget

2. Tom Barrasso

3. Jim Rutherford

4. Tristan Jarry

2. Who led Pittsburgh goalies with six career ties against Philadelphia?

1. Tom Barrasso

2. Les Brinkley

3. Al Smith

4. Sebastien Caron

3. Who maintains the Penguins’ best plus/minus totals against the Flyers?

1. Kris Letang

2. Sidney Crosby

3. Jaromir Jagr

4. Larry Murphy

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4. Which Pittsburgh player has a career 136 penalty minutes against the Flyers?

1. Troy Loney

2. Kevin Stevens

3. Ulf Samuelsson

4. Evgeni Malkin

5. Who leads all Penguins skaters with four shorthanded goals against the Flyers?

1. Jordan Staal

2. Mario Lemieux

3. Ron Schock

4. Alex Kovalev

6. Who is the only Pittsburgh skater with three overtime goals against Philadelphia?

1. Sidney Crosby

2. Mario Lemieux

3. Jaromir Jagr

4. Kris Letang

7. Who leads Penguins players with three game-winning goals in the playoffs against the Flyers?

1. Tyler Kennedy

2. Rob Brown

3. Jaromir Jagr

4. Sidney Crosby

8. Which former Pittsburgh goalie has two playoff shutouts against Philadelphia?

1. Ron Tugnutt

2. Marc-Andre Fleury

3. Matt Murray

4. Tom Barrasso

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9. Which former Penguins netminder is the only one to get a playoff point against the Flyers?

1. Marc-Andre Fleury

2. Tom Barrasso

3. Ken Wregget

4. Ron Tugnutt

10. What was Mario Lemieux’s points-per-game average against the Flyers?

1. 1.48

2. 1.75

3. 1.38

4. 1.20

Penguins Hockey Trivia is published during game days, so come back on Saturday, Dec. 28, when they visit the New York Islanders.

Regarding tonight’s trivia, check tomorrow morning’s game takeaways story for the answers.