Hall's goal in OT lifts Hurricanes past Flyers in Game 2 of Eastern 2nd Round

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Taylor Hall scored at 18:54 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Lenovo Center on Monday.

Hall drove to the net and had his initial shot was stopped by Dan Vladar. The rebound popped out to Hall during a goal-mouth scramble, and he swiped it past Vladar's left pad and through the legs of Philadelphia defenseman Travis Sanheim. It was Hall's first career Stanley Cup Playoff overtime goal.

“I just watched it. I didn’t realize that I fell down," Hall said. "When you score in overtime, it seems like part of your memory kind of goes.

“I didn’t do a very good job of attacking tonight, personally. I got that puck, and I wanted to go to the middle of the ice as much as I could. I got a shot off and got the rebound. That was an overtime goal for sure.”

Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist, and Seth Jarvis scored for the Hurricanes, the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and Metropolitan Division. Jackson Blake had two assists, and Frederik Andersen made 34 saves.

Carolina rallied from a two-goal deficit after giving up goals 39 seconds apart in the first period.

“It's probably a good sign for us that we have another level and we all know it,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “We find ways, obviously, to get it done."

Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, the No. 3 seed in the Metropolitan. Vladar made 40 saves.

“We played a good hockey game. It was well-fought by both teams,” Philadelphia coach Rick Tocchet said. “I really liked how the young guys competed. I’m really proud of these guys. (Carolina) just made the play at the end. That’s it.”

Carolina leads the best-of-7 series 2-0. Game 3 will be at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; TNT, truTV, HBO MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS).

Drysdale put the Flyers up 1-0 with a power-play goal at 4:02 of the first. He collected a loose puck in the high slot and put a wrist shot past Andersen's blocker.

“It’s unfortunate that we weren’t able to come out with this one,” Drysdale said. “There’s definitely things we can take and learn. We’ve got a few days here to regroup and come back hard at home.”

It was the first time the Hurricanes trailed this postseason and ended their streak of not trailing in a game at 618:51 dating back to April 7.

Couturier made it 2-0 at 4:41. Carl Grundstrom backhanded the puck in front from behind the net and Couturier slipped the puck through the five-hole for his first goal of the playoffs.

Ehlers cut the deficit to 2-1 while on a power play at 10:21. Blake fed a cross-ice pass to Ehlers in the right face-off circle, where his one-timer went in off Vladar's left shoulder for his first playoff goal with Carolina.

“At that point, it was a 2-0 game and you want to get one right back, and we were able to do that,” Ehlers said. “Now it’s a one-goal lead, it’s one shot. I loved every second of it. It’s awesome to get my first of the playoffs at home as well.”

Sanheim said, “That’s the playoffs. You get up, and the better teams start pushing. They’re behind, they’re getting the chances. We didn’t honestly give up a whole lot after that.”

Jarvis tied it 2-2 with his first goal of the playoffs at 11:21, taking a pass from Ehlers and burying a snap shot past Vladar's glove from the right circle.

“To be down two (goals) and just stick to our game and wait for our opportunities to capitalize," Jarvis said. “It speaks a lot to our leaders, to 'Roddy,' just keeping everyone calm and trusting the process. I’m really proud of how we did that tonight.”

Philadelphia outshot Carolina 15-8 in overtime.

“I still think there is another level to our game that we can get to,” Flyers forward Travis Konecny said. “It was a lot better tonight. It should have went our way tonight.”

The Flyers were 1-for-7 on the power play. The Hurricanes were 1-for-6. 

“Too many penalties," Brind'Amour said. "It just kills your game, kills momentum, kills everything. But I’ve got to give guys credit. They did a great job there.”

NOTES: The Hurricanes became the fifth team in the past 17 years to win each of its first six games of a postseason. The others: Rangers (seven games in 2024), Avalanche (six games in 2021), Golden Knights (six games in 2020) and Ducks (six games in 2015). ... Hall established a Hurricanes/Whalers record for longest playoff-opening point streak by extending his run to six games (three goals, six assists). ... Andersen extended his streak of allowing two or fewer goals this postseason to six games. Only nine goaltenders in NHL history have started a postseason with a longer run; Jeremy Swayman (seven games in 2024) is the only other active netminder to do so. ... Carolina improved its all-time record to 34-23 in playoff games that require extra time (19-11 as home team).