The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-1, at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sunday evening. The Flyers are winless through seven games (0-5-2). Carolina has won each of its last five games.
The first period was scoreless. The Flyers were outshot, 11-5, but kept most of the play to the outside. Philly had a couple of looks at the net but missed the net four times and got blocked two other times among 11 attempts. It was a good neutral zone defensive period for the Flyers.
The game remained scoreless for the first 10 minutes of the middle frame, then the teams combined for four rapid-fire goals. Unfortunately, three belonged to the Hurricanes.
Midway through the second period, Andrei Svechnikov (4th) turned a Flyers neutral zone turnover into a 1-0 lead for Carolina. Shayne Gostisbehere (2nd) struck about three minutes later for a 2-0 edge. Christian Dvorak (1st) got a goal back on a deflection. However, Sebastian Aho (6th) quickly restored a two-goal margin for Carolina.
Mark Jankowski (4th) added an extra insurance goal in the third period. He has scored in four straight games.
Joseph Woll made 26 saves on 30 shots.
Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 18 of 19 shots.
The Flyers went 0-for-3 on the power play. They were 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.
The Flyers placed Travis Konecny (lower body) on injured reserve. They recalled defenseman Oliver Bonk from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
1ST PERIOD
Mark Jankowski, with goals in three straight matches, had the game's first scoring chance. Woll made the save. Carolina also had the second shot.
Christian Dvorak fired a wrist shot on net with traffic in front. It was Philly's first shot on goal of the game at 5:01. Two shifts later, Woll stopped a Shayne Gostisbehere shot off a drop pass from Taylor Hall.
Oliver Bonk got a marginal cross-checking minor at 11:59. Carolina went to the game's first power play. As the penalty was about to expire -- Philly had the same four-man unit on the ice for the entire two minutes -- Woll stopped Jackson Blake.
Bonk went right back to the box at 14:37 for hooking Logan Stankoven. Nick Seeler missed the net wide on a shorthanded rush after a feed from Sean Couturier. Nikolaj Ehlers had a good look but missed the net. After a clearing play, Logan Stankoven went offside on re-entry.
Will Carrier took Carolina's first penalty, tripping Bunting at 17:12. The Flyers lost two faceoffs. Finally, Philly gained entry. Denver Barkey and Trevor Zegras had looks but couldn't find the mark. As the penalty expired, Woll misplayed a puck and had to scramble for a save.
Shots: Flyers 5 - Hurricanes 11
Faceoffs: Flyers 16 -- Hurricanes 8
2ND PERIOD
For the second straight game, Owen Tippett rang a shot off the goal post.
Foerster went to the net for a scoring chance. He couldn't finish it, but the Flyers drew a holding penalty on Carrier at 1:11. Woll fought off a shorthanded chance for Stankoven after Jiricek was beaten on the rush. Michkov went offside on a rush attempt.
The Flyers paid dearly for a neutral zone turnover that led to a 2-on-1 and a Carolina goal. Svechnikov beat Woll to the top corner for a 1-0 lead at 10:16. Sean Walker had the lone assist.
Zegras turned the puck over inside the Carolina blueline. On a 2-on-1 counter, Gostisbehere scored off an Aho feed. Carrier had the secondary assist at 13:45.
Dvorak got the Flyers on the board at 15:26. Barkey won a battle for the puck and made a low-to-high play to Seeler. Dvorak deflected the point shot home.
