RALEIGH, N.C. — Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny and Ryan Poehling scored to guide the Philadelphia Flyers over the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Wednesday night time.
Philadelphia goalie Carter Hart made his first begin since Nov. 1 and stopped 31 photographs for his second highway win this season. Hart missed the earlier two video games after a bout with meals poisoning and the three video games earlier than that with a mid-body damage.
Hart pointed to the assistance from his teammates, who blocked 30 photographs.
“I thought we did a good job of finding sticks, finding shot lanes with a couple of huge blocks,” Hart stated.
The Flyers scored early objectives within the first and second durations to earn their third straight highway win and hand the Hurricanes their first loss in 5 house video games this season.
The quick begin was by design, Tippett stated.
“They always come out quick, especially at home they play fast,” stated Tippett, who has scored in three straight video games. “You can’t sit back at all or else it doesn’t end up too well. We had a great start and kept it going for 60 minutes.”
Stefan Noesen scored for Carolina.
Tippett gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 1:50 of the primary off assists from Morgan Frost and Louie Belpedio. It was the fourth purpose in three video games for Tippett.
Konecny made 2-0 at 19:03 when he redirected a cross from Nick Seeler previous Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov. It was Konecny’s team-high tenth purpose of the season however first in 5 video games and second in November.
“I didn’t do anything,” Konecny stated. “(Seeler) made an unbelievable play and I just deflected it in.”
The Flyers struck early once more within the second interval, when Poehling wanted solely 29 seconds to make it 3-0. Sean Walker and Scott Laughton assisted on Poehling’s purpose.
The Hurricanes, who had gained six of eight, received on the board with Noesen’s purpose off a feed from Tony D’Angelo on the 11-minute mark of the second. Jack Drury additionally had an help.
Carolina had two power-play possibilities within the second however Hart made 11 saves within the interval.
Philadelphia coach John Tortorella stated the sequence after Noesen’s purpose was important.
“We held our composure, handled the momentum swing and ended up starting the third period 3-1,” Tortorella stated. “I thought that was a really important part of our game.”
Kochetkov made 20 saves for the Hurricanes, who’ve misplaced 4 of his 5 begins this season.
UP NEXT
Flyers: Host the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night time.
Hurricanes: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night time.
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