The Hurricanes defeated the Flyers 3-1 at PNC Arena on Monday. A victory would also give Carolina consecutive victories for the first time since it won three straight Nov. 18-23. Philadelphia has lost four straight games (0-3-1) and scored two goals in its past three.
Players to watch
Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has 13 points (eight goals, five assists) in his past 11 games. Flyers forward Claude Giroux has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in his past 16 games.
They said it
"We're both in the same boat. Both teams are at that point where every game is just vital. It's always the same, whatever team gets their game going and obviously doesn't make the critical mistakes is going to be the team that's probably going to be the winner." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour "I think the movement is OK but in the end you got nothing to show so it doesn't matter. We can talk about how good we looked or how many posts we hit but in the end it doesn't really matter. We've just got to show up on the score sheet and win the games. Got to stay with it. I don't think we're the first power-play unit ever to struggle. We've been around the League for a long time. We know that the time is going to come and we'll start scoring again."-- Flyers forward Jakub Voracek
Maenalanen was recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Tuesday. Forward Janne Kuokkanen was sent to the AHL. ... Flyers coach Scott Gordon said he didn't think MacDonald's injury was serious but doesn't have a timetable for how long he will be out. ... Patrick practiced in a non-contact jersey.
Stat pack
Mrazek will play his 200th NHL game ... The Flyers are 0-for-8 on the power play in their past four games and 3-for-45 (6.7 percent) in their past 19.
