In Raleigh, the Philadelphia Flyers’ road woes continued on Tuesday.
Dougie Hamilton scored with 1:56 gone in extra time for the Carolina Hurricanes for a 5-4 win over the Flyers.
The Flyers finished their six-game roadie with a 1-4-1 record.
“We played harder, and I thought we showed some guts getting a point out of that,” Flyers defenseman Matt Niskanen said. “Would have loved the win, but it’s a step in the right direction.”
James Reimer made 17 saves in the win.
Travis Konecny and Michael Raffl staked the Flyers to a 2-0 lead in the game.
“I think we’re all happy to get the two points there, but that’s not the way we’re supposed to play,” the Hurricanes’ Warren Foegele said. “We kind of got lucky there. We’ve got to get our mindset going into the next couple home games and get to playing the way we can. That’s playing fast and hard and making the right decisions at the right time.”
Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored and Travis Sanheim forced OT with his late goal.
They play man-to-man defense, so anytime you can beat your guy [and] get a step on him,” Sanheim said. “I had a lane right to the net.”
Lucas Wallmark, Foegele, Joel Edmundson, and Jake Gardiner scored for the Canes in regulation.
“It’s definitely good to get a goal,” Gardiner said. “We (defensemen) try to chip in offensively when we can. Obviously it was a big part of the game tonight.”
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Brian Elliott made 28 saves in the loss.
“I thought [Voracek] played a full 200-foot game, [Konecny] showed a lot of bite and a lot of fire to his game, and that’s what we need,” Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault said.”We need our top performers at the top end, and for the most part, these guys did that. I think we took a step in the right direction.”
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