The Philadelphia Flyers traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina, to take on the Hurricanes in the second half of their home-and-home series. Dan Vladar got the start in net. Cam York returned from injury, so Ty Murchison became a healthy scratch. The Flyers fell behind 2-0 early but came back to tie it. Unfortunately, they’d lose in a shootout in back-to-back games. The orange and black fell to 16-9-10 on the season.
The Hurricanes got the game’s first power play at the 3:19 mark of the first period as Noah Juulsen was called for kneeing. Vladar made a big pad save on Seth Jarvis, and the Flyers did a nice job of blocking shots and clearing the puck down the ice.
William Carrier gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at the 5:44 mark of the first. Sean Walker’s shot attempt from the blue line was blocked. Carrier then found a loose puck in the slot and put a wrist shot past the glove of Vladar. Walker and Jordan Staal tallied assists.
The Flyers got their first power play at the 7:28 mark of the first period as Jordan Martinook got called for tripping. Hurricanes goaltender Brandon Bussi had to make a glove save of Noah Cates, and the Hurricanes did their job of stealing pucks and clearing.
Logan Stankoven was called for holding at the 9:59 mark of the first, which gave the Flyers their second power play. They didn’t record any shots on net, and the Hurricanes played a game of keep away for a bit.
The Hurricanes got their second power play at the 15:00 mark of the first period as Nikita Grebenkin got called for roughing. They’d capitalize on this opportunity thanks to Taylor Hall. He deflected Alexander Nikishin’s shot from the blue line through the legs of Vladar. This gave the Hurricanes a 2-0 lead. Nikishin and Jackson Blake picked up assists.
Garnet Hathaway was called for delay of game (puck over glass) at the 16:32 mark of the first period. This gave the Hurricanes their third power play. Vladar made a few huge saves from in front, and York helped out by blocking two shots.
The Flyers got on the board at the 19:07 mark of the first courtesy of Jamie Drysdale. His snapshot from the blue line went off the stick of Carrier in front and past Bussi. Trevor Zegras and Matvei Michkov were given assists.
Blake and Emil Andrae were both called for roughing at the 9:12 mark of the second period. This made the game go to four-on-four. Both teams had scoring chances, but Vladar was the only one who had to make some saves.
The Flyers got their third power play at the 16:25 mark of the second as Andrei Svechnikov was called for tripping. Flyers had scoring chances as there was a scrum in front of Bussi, and they managed to get two shots on him. However, with 48 seconds remaining, Drysdale got called for hooking. The game went to four-on-four, and then the Hurricanes got an abbreviated power play. The Flyers were able to intercept a few passes and clear the puck down the ice to waste time on the Hurricanes’ power play.
Walker was called for slashing at the 1:46 mark of the third period, which gave the Flyers their fourth power play. The Flyers, again, ruined having a full power play as Cates got called for tripping with 56 seconds remaining. Back to four-on-four the game went, and then an abbreviated power play for the Hurricanes. Both teams had scoring chances off the rush, and the Flyers had three shorthanded opportunities on the penalty kill but couldn’t get any shots past Bussi.
The Flyers pulled Vladar with 2:16 remaining in the third in favor of the extra attacker with the team down by one. It paid off as Zegras managed to tie the game up at two. Travis Konecny, from the left circle, fed Zegras with a pass to the right circle, and he put a snapshot past the blocker of Bussi. Assists went to Konecny and Christian Dvorak.
No one else scored in regulation, so the game went to overtime. Bobby Brink got called for tripping just 42 seconds into the overtime period. This gave the Hurricanes their sixth power play. The Hurricanes missed on a few shots just wide, and Vladar had to make a huge save on Shayne Gostisbehere to keep the game going.
The game then went to a shootout. The Flyers sent out Zegras, Dvorak, and Michkov, and the Hurricanes sent out Jarvis, Svechnikov, and Blake. Svechnikov was the only one to score, giving the Hurricanes a three-two victory.
Flyers went zero for four on the power play but killed off five of the six Hurricanes’ man advantages.
Vladar saved 30 of 32 shots, giving him a .938 save percentage.
Goal Summary
1st Period:
Carrier (3) Assists: Walker (7), Staal (4)
Hall (7) (Power Play) Assists: Nikishin (8), Blake (11)
Drysdale (3) Assists: Zegras (19), Michkov (9)
2nd Period:
No goals
3rd Period:
Zegras (13) Assists: Konecny (19), Dvorak (15)
Overtime:
No goals
Shootout:
Svechnikov
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