Hurricanes score four goals in second period, defeat Flyers

PHILADELPHIA --The Carolina Hurricanes scored four goals in the second period of a 6-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center on Friday.

Sebastian Aho scored twice, and Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist for Carolina (15-3-1). Antti Raanta made 20 saves.
The six goals matched a season high for the Hurricanes and came at the end of a 4-1-1 road trip that had them fly from Seattle to Philadelphia on Thursday.
"It's good to finish the road trip in the right way," Aho said. "Probably wasn't the ideal schedule for this last game for us. Just a great job by our team. We went to work there and got the two points though, so that's huge."

Ivan Provorov, Joel Farabee and Rasmus Ristolainen scored for Philadelphia (8-7-4), which lost its fifth straight game (0-3-2). Carter Hart made 30 saves.
"We're being challenged right now and as an organization," Flyers coach Alain Vigneault said. "It's a challenging time, but everyone has to be better and that starts with me. I've got to do a better job of making sure that guys perform to their level."
Aho started the Hurricanes' run in the second period when he scored to tie it 2-2 at 23 seconds iafter his shot went off Ristolainen's stick and over Hart's glove.
Ristolainen put the Flyers ahead 3-2 with a shot from the right face-off circle at 1:16. The Hurricanes tied it 3-3 on Jesper Fast's goal at 1:45. Kotkaniemi gave the Hurricanes a 4-3 lead at 5:48 when he tapped in a pass into the slot by Seth Jarvis. Steven Lorentz made it 5-3 at 16:22 when he skated in from the right circle.
"In the second, all our Grade A (chances) seemed to go in," Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "I don't think we did anything differently (from the first period). We just got to our game, and for the most part the whole night we did, played our game the way we needed to."
The Hurricanes trailed by a goal three times.
"Just flying across the country yesterday after kind of a couple tough games (2-1 loss at Seattle on Wednesday, 2-1 overtime loss at San Jose Sharks on Monday), feels like we've been on the road forever," Brind'Amour said. "I just thought the guys dug in tonight. You're not always going to get those results, but it was nice to see."

Andrei Svechnikov's first goal in 12 games made it 6-3 at 4:50 of the third period.
"That was a big goal," Brind'Amour said. "It kind of just put the game out of reach and we just kind of cruise through the third period, which you don't often have that."
Provorov made it 1-0 50 seconds into the first period. The goal was upheld after a video review for goaltender interference. Aho tied it 1-1 at 13:40 with a shot from the right circle.
Farabee scored shorthanded to make it 2-1 at 17:02. The Hurricanes turned over the puck at the top of the Flyers zone and Farabee broke in alone. He deked around Jarvis and beat Raanta between his pads with a wrist shot.
The Flyers were 0-for-3 on the power play and are 4-for-47 (8.5 percent) in 15 games since starting the season 4-for-11 (36.4 percent) in their first four games.
"I think bounces right now just aren't going in," Farabee said. "I thought we had a lot of chances, Carter made a lot of big-time saves. ... We know what works and we know our system works, it's just a matter of doing it. I think with a practice day tomorrow we reset and focus on the next one."
NOTES:The Hurricanes also scored six goals in a 6-3 win against the New York Islanders on Oct. 14 and in a 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 29. Carolina has not gone two consecutive games without a point this season. … Carolina defenseman Tony DeAngelo had two assists and has scored five points (one goal, four assists) during a four-game point streak. ... It was Aho's 28th multigoal game in the NHL and second this season (Oct. 21). ... Flyers forward Nate Thompson left the game with 5:17 remaining in the third period after crashing hard into the boards in front of the Philadelphia bench. There was no update after the game. ... Philadelphia forward Derick Brassard is expected to be out 7-10 days because of a lower-body injury sustained during the first period of a 4-0 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. ... Ristolainen's goal was his first in 35 games; he last scored April 6 when he was with the Buffalo Sabres.