PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers won their eighth straight game Thursday night, 4-1, over the visiting Carolina Hurricanes.
Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers scores a goal against the outstretched arm of Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic #39 of the Carolina Hurricanes
The Flyers are tied for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division because they are winning and everyone else seems to be losing.
“It just shows our hard work is coming together,” Scott Laughton said. “Season’s not over yet, there’s a lot of hockey to be played. Can’t have a letdown, especially with how tight the division is. We have to continue to look up and not back.”
Carter Hart made 28 saves to get the win.
Justin Williams scored the Canes lone goal.
“Puck’s bouncing at the blue line, we backcheck, we get sticks on it, puck finds a way to find their guy backdoor (on Williams’ goal),” Couturier said. “We didn’t deviate from the way we want to play. The next line went out there and gained momentum again. That just shows the maturity of our team.”
Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Sean Couturier broke the game open in the third period when they struck for goals 26 seconds apart.
“If you look at our lineup this year compared to other years, we’re maybe a little more experienced,” Couturier said. “We’ve got some young guys that are taking big steps forward, maturing in their game. It just shows the evolution of our team over the past few years. I just think we’re more responsible with our decisions. We’ve just got to keep doing that.”
Ivan Provorov and Michael Raffl helped the Flyers take an early 2-0 lead.
Ivan Provorov #9 of the Philadelphia Flyers controls the puck against Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes
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Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves in the loss.
“Just wasn’t good enough,” Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “To me, at the start we didn’t have the edge we needed to play with. That’s why we’re losing.”
Carter Hart #79 of the Philadelphia Flyers make a pad save.
Nicolas Aube-Kubel #62 of the Philadelphia Flyers set the screen on Carolina Hurricanes Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic #39 as Trevor van Riemsdyk #57 of the Carolina Hurricanes moves in to help his goalie.
A shot by Joel Farabee #49 of the Philadelphia Flyers is stopped under the blocker by Alex Nedeljkovic #39 of the Carolina Hurricanes
Alex Nedeljkovic #39 of the Carolina Hurricanes makes a pad save agains Joel Farabee #49 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Jake Gardiner #51, Jordan Staal #11,Alex Nedeljkovic #39 of the Carolina Hurricanes and Philadelphia Flyers Nate Thompson #44 look toward the point for the incoming shot.
Scott Laughton #21 of the Philadelphia Flyers passes the puck over the stick of Trevor van Riemsdyk #57 of the Carolina Hurricanes
Jakub Voracek #93 of the Philadelphia Flyers sets a screen as Joel Edmundson #6 of the Carolina Hurricanes attampt to clear him out of way of Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic #39
A little pushing and shoving after the whistle by the Philadelphia Flyers and Carolina Hurricanes
Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes checks Joel Farabee #49 of the Philadelphia Flyers
Alex Nedeljkovic #39 of the Carolina Hurricanes makes a save on a shot by Claude Giroux #28 of the Philadelphia Flyers
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