Game 6 Showdown: Can the Penguins Defy the Odds and Silence the Flyers on Their Home Ice?

• When asked if Pens’ ability to adjust to the Flyers’ defense in Games 4 and 5 had impacted his game plan going forward, Tocchet said his emphasis ahead of Game 6 would be not on changing his team’s structure but on encouraging players’ “determination” to get the puck.

“They’ve adjusted. I’ve got to give their staff and their players credit. But there’s some stuff there that we’re not doing, that we can expose them,” Tocchet said Tuesday about the Pens. “And I’m not going to get into that part, but there’s a lot of skating and wanting the puck. There’s got to be a little bit more want and determination, and you’ll get pucks.

“I don’t think, me personally, it’s X and O’s. I think it’s determination, on some of these players, to wanting that puck.”

And now for the Pens

Projected lines

FORWARDS

Rickard Rakell – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust

Egor Chinakhov – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin

Elmer Soderblom – Ben Kindel – Anthony Mantha

Connor Dewar – Blake Lizotte – Noel Acciari

DEFENSEMEN

Parker Wotherspoon / Erik Karlsson

Sam Girard / Kris Letang

Ryan Shea / Ilya Solovyov

Goalies: Arturs Silovs and Stuart Skinner

Potential Scratches: Connor Clifton, Justin Brazeau, Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves, Jack St. Ivany, Sergei Murashov

IR: Filip Hallander, Caleb Jones (season-ending shoulder surgery)

• The Penguins canceled practice Tuesday, so the first look at any changes to the lineup will come before tonight’s game.

• Elmer Soderblom’s goal on Monday seems like a good indication he’ll be back in the lineup for Game 6, which could mean Justin Brazeau will remain out.

• Another positive in Game 5 was the Penguins’ fourth line. Goalscorer Connor Dewar, when asked Monday whether he felt the momentum in the series had shifted, answered: “We’re just fighting to stay together. Every win is a few more days together, so that’s the way I’m thinking about it.”