CAR@PHI: Aho, Teravainen link up on power play

PHILADELPHIA -- Teuvo Teravainen scored two goals and had an assist for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 5-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday.

Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist, and Justin Williams and Warren Foegele scored for Carolina (17-17-5), which was coming off a 3-1 win against Philadelphia on Monday. Petr Mrazek, in his 200th NHL game, made 34 saves.
The Hurricanes have consecutive victories for the first time since winning three straight Nov. 18-23.
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"We know where we're sitting (in the standings), so we know we need the points right now," Hamilton said. "Two big games and we got a lot of games coming up before the All-Star break and stuff, so we've got to get on a little roll."
Wayne Simmonds, Sean Couturier and James van Riemsdyk scored for the Flyers (15-20-5), who have lost five in a row. Michal Neuvirth made 23 saves.
"It's like quicksand," Simmonds said. "You're trying to get out, and it feels like it's getting deeper."

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Teravainen's third game since Dec. 14 with at least three points provided the spark for the Hurricanes. He had an assist on Hamilton's goal 1:56 into the second period that gave Carolina a 1-0 lead. After Williams scored on the power play at 3:04 of the second to make it 2-0, Teravainen's power-play goal with 2:40 left in the period made it 3-0.
Foegele scored 5:01 into the third to give the Hurricanes a 4-0 lead.
"It seems like we're right in the game," Couturier said. "Shots are pretty even, it's up and down the ice, and we get down a goal and it gets frustrating not scoring, especially when you're getting 20-25 shots and you're not getting the bounces, and they get one bounce and it's in the back of your net and you're just chasing the game."
After the Flyers rallied with three goals in 4:41 to get to within 4-3, Teravainen finished a 2-on-1 with 4:47 remaining to make it 5-3.
"It's always hard when you have a four-goal lead and it becomes a one-goal lead," Teravainen said. "You have to keep believing. You're still winning the game. Play simple and you might get a 2-on-1 or something because they're cheating, (and) that's what happened."
Teravainen, who was named Carolina's representative for the 2019 NHL All-Star Last Men In presented by adidas fan vote Wednesday, made a strong audition to join Aho on the Metropolitan Division team at the 2019 Honda NHL All-Star Game at SAP Center in San Jose on Jan. 26.
"It would be great to see [Teravainen] and Aho go together," Hamilton said. "They've been carrying our team so far. Both so smart and so good together. They were huge for us tonight."
Simmonds scored on the power play at 6:17 of the third to make it 4-1.
Couturier tipped a Claude Giroux centering pass to cut the Hurricanes lead to 4-2 at 7:23. The goal was upheld after Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour challenged for goaltender interference by Travis Konecny.
Van Riemsdyk scored a power-play goal at 10:58 to make it 4-3.

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They said it

"We haven't seen anything like this really where we actually score on some chances. We'll take it. We needed it. It wasn't our best game, but our goalie (Petr Mrazek) was good when he needed to be. We played well enough early to get that lead, so that's definitely the recipe." -- Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour
"The big word here is frustration. Trying to find a way to win a hockey game, it doesn't matter how you do it, you just have to find a way, and right now we're not, so frustration builds up and it's not easy right now." -- Flyers captain Claude Giroux

Need to know

Hurricanes forward Clark Bishop left the game with a lower-body injury with 8:20 left in the first period, but Brind'Amour said he was fine. ... The Hurricanes scored on the power play for the first time in eight games. ... The Flyers scored multiple power-play goals for the first time since Nov. 17. ... Philadelphia goalie Brian Elliott, out since Nov. 15 with a lower-body injury, could return to practice in the next 10-14 days. ... Flyers forward Nolan Patrick, who has missed four games with an upper-body injury, could be cleared for contact Friday. ... Philadelphia defenseman Andrew MacDonald, out Thursday with a lower-body injury, won't play against the Calgary Flames on Saturday but could be back against the St. Louis Blues on Monday.

What's next

Hurricanes: Host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday (7:30 p.m. ET; FS-CR, FS-O, NHL.TV)
Flyers: Host the Calgary Flames on Saturday (1 p.m. ET; NHLN, NBCSP, SNW, NHL.TV)

Hurricanes hold off Flyers' late push for 5-3 win