Given that it was Carolina's 17th goal in just over 182 minutes of play, it felt like the Canes' offense would be off to the races once more.
Instead, goaltenders Pyotr Kochetkov and Felix Sandstrom took over from there.
Philadelphia sent the hosting club to the power play twice more in the opening frame, but the rookie Sandstrom was equal to each task sent his way. At the other end of the ice, Kochetkov only had to major test in the first, but the two moved the contest to the second 1-0.
The middle frame, which was played entirely at five-on-five, was when it became evident that the night was turning into a goaltender duel.
Each had several timely stops, first with Kochetkov having to turn away a Joel Farabee breakaway.
And as Sandstrom showed off his impressive post-to-post work, he also got a little help from the defense in front of him.
After the scoreless stretch of 20 minutes, the third period would go on to just be more of the same.
Both teams had one opportunity on the man advantage, but in the end, Kochetkov and Sandstrom went save-for-save once more.
Before Philadelphia could find the back of the net, the clock ran out and Pyotr Kochetkov closed the book on his fourth shutout in his last 18 games.
