Disgusting Behavior: Penguins goalie trips Flyers’ Porter Martone away from the play, goon squad spirals from there in 3-0 Game 2 loss

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in Game 2 on Monday night, taking a commanding 2-0 lead back to Xfinity Mobile Arena for Game 3 on Wednesday. Porter Martone scored, Dan Vladař earned his first career playoff shutout with 27 saves, and the Penguins disgraced themselves so thoroughly by the final buzzer that two of their own players were ejected in garbage time.

Penguins goaltender Stuart Skinner tripped the Flyers rookie away from the puck like a disgusting animal, and it only got worse for Pittsburgh from there:

There’s a word for people like this https://t.co/xaz7KHGFVR

— Ryan Conway (@ryanconway76) April 21, 2026

Gary Bettmanyahu flying to Pittsburgh let every hockey fan know the fix was in. We all figured the Penguins would get favorable calls all night, but Pittsburgh really took it to an extreme the likes of which I’ve never seen.

The Penguins played like they knew the commissioner paid the refs off and told them in the locker room before puck drop. Unfortunately for them, the Flyers didn’t give a fuck and played actual hockey while they melted down on national television.

Before we delved into specifics, here’s a quick word on Andrew Fillipponi:

Sports talk radio is bad in Philadelphia. We know this. We’ve written about it extensively. But at least we don’t have Andrew Fillipponi. Somehow, Pittsburgh managed to find a radio host who is even more brain-dead than the ones we complain about every day. Watching him try to defend Skinner’s trip and spin this series like the Penguins are somehow the victims was genuinely painful to witness. The man is a clown, and Pittsburgh deserves him.

Skinner was hardly working alone out there. First, Evgeni Malkin high-sticked Travis Konecny right in the face on the defensive boards, a play so brazen the refs had no choice but to call it. Two sticks, one face. You do the math. Malkin is 39 years old and still catching people with the lumber. You have to respect the consistency.

And it just got worse when the game was out of reach. By the time Luke Glendening had sealed it with the empty-netter and the Flyers were up 3-0, Anthony Mantha was throwing uppercuts at Owen Tippett.

Tippett’s night got even Parker Wotherspoon cross-checked him from behind, directly into the boards. All class, am I right?

Despite the temper tantrums from the sore losers, the sweetest part of it all was that Crosby was held pointless for the second straight night.

Despite his best efforts, Gary Bettmanyahu could not protect his golden boy. Well, his 38-year-old man. Either way, Game 3 is set to be a banger in South Philly. I’m sure Skinner, Crosby, & Co. will get a warm Philadelphia welcome when they take the ice.

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