If you missed the first three minutes of the Carolina Hurricanes hosting the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night, you miss all of the scoring.
Andrei Svechnikov scored at 2:09 of the first to give the Canes a 1-0 lead.
The goal came off the power play.
And that was it.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 19 saves to protect the slim lead in a 1-0 win.
“He made a couple real great saves. That was the difference in the game,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “He was solid when he needed to be. Very, very good game for him.”
The Hurricanes improved to 43-12-8.
“I thought we had a solid effort tonight,” Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce said. “They blocked a lot of shots, credit to them. We had a lot of chances, we just didn’t find the back of the net. But we did find a way to win, and that’s what matters.”
It was Carolina’s fourth straight victory.
The Canes were 1-for-4 on the power play, the Flyers missed on their one chance.
“We’re learning how to be patient in the game,” Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. “When you don’t score, you’ve got to play with some patience and hope you get good goaltending. And those two things, I think we got.”
Philadelphia dropped to 24-30-11.
Felix Sandstrom made 28 saves in the hard luck loss.
“I missed the release on [the goal] but after that, I just tried to see the puck as well as possible,” Sandstrom said. “I’ve been waiting for my opportunity again to play, so I’m very happy to be out there.”
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