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Wrap: Flyers Lose to Hurricanes, 6-5 |
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The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes, 6-5, in Raleigh on Friday. For the second straight game, a multi-goal comeback bid by the Flyers fell one goal short.
The Flyers head into the leaguewide holiday break with an 11-17-7 record. Winners of eight games in a row and taking a new franchise record points in 14 straight games heading into the break, the Hurricanes are 21-6-6.
There were several standouts for the Flyers in this game. Tony DeAngelo was very active in jumping into the play throughout the game, scoring a goal and an assist and making a couple of big stops in the defensive zone. Scott Laughton and Travis Konecny were Philly's best players in third period.
The Flyers had a couple prime chances early in the first period and then ran into a buzzsaw. Jesper Fast (3rd goal of the season) made it 1-0 Carolina at 3:57. After Travis Sanheim (4th) temporarily tied the game at 11:03, Carolina got goals from Martin Necas (PPG, 15th) and a second tally by Fast (4th) to take a 3-1 lead to the first intermission.
In the second period, DeAngelo (6th) briefly got the Flyers back within 3-2 but Carolina responded with goals by Andrei Svechnikov (18th) and Jordan Martinook (8th) made it 5-2. Late in the second period, Jesperi Kotkaniemi (PPG, 5th) created a 6-2 bulge for Carolina.
In the third period, a point shot by Nick Seeler (3rd) and then back-to-back shorthanded goals by Laughton (SHG, 7th) and Konecny (SHG, 15th) cut the deficit to 6-5. The Flyers had several chances to pull even but no further scoring ensued.
Samuel Ersson made his NHL debut in goal for the Flyers. He lasted just 27:58, allowing five goals on 22 shots. Carter Hart came in to relieve Ersson and stopped six of seven shots in 9:54 before he had to leave with an upper-body injury on the Kotkaniemi goal sequence. Ersson returned to the net to finish out the game. He made eight saves in the third period to finish with 25 stops on 30 shots.
Antti Raanta earned the win. He made 26 saves on 31 shots overall.
With an assist on Sanheim's first period goal, Morgan Frost extended his point streak to four straight games (3g, 1a) heading into the break.
The Flyers went 0-for-2 on the power play. The Hurricanes were 2-for-4, scoring on their first two power plays and then giving up two shorthanded goals on the latter two.
For an in-depth synopsis of all three periods, stats, highlights and more, see the Postgame 5 on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com.
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