Hurricanes 3-2 Flyers (May 4, 2026) Game Recap

RALEIGH, NC — — Taylor Hall slipped the puck previous Dan Vladar at 18:54 of time beyond regulation to assist the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Monday night time, taking a 2-0 lead of their second-round sequence within the NHL playoffs.

Hall took a brief feed from Sean Walker and carried the puck in on the left facet earlier than being knocked to his knees close to the highest of the crease. But Hall hopped up as Jackson Blake battled for the unfastened puck, corralled it and beat Vladar to cap an evening that noticed the Hurricanes fall behind 2-0 rapidly for his or her first deficit of the postseason.

Afterward, Hall mentioned he did not even understand he had fallen down till he watched a replay afterward.

“When you score in overtime, it seems like parts of your memory kind of go,” Hall mentioned, including later: “I was in another time zone there for a second.”

The sequence shifts to Philadelphia for Thursday’s Game 3.

Seth Jarvis had the third-period objective that pressured time beyond regulation for Carolina, whereas Nikolaj Ehlers additionally scored. Frederik Andersen completed with 34 saves to assist the Hurricanes enhance to 6-0 within the postseason.

Still, this one was something however simple in comparison with the smothering first-period that paved the best way to a 3-0 win in Monday’s Game 1. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet had talked concerning the want for his players to react quicker against Carolina’s aggression and speedand carry the puck extra into the robust areas of the ice.

The Flyers did that early, with Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier scoring in a 39-second span of the primary interval for the Flyers. And they outshot Carolina 15-8 within the time beyond regulation in a way more assertive exhibiting, however the Flyers could not beat Andersen once more after that flurry within the first 5 minutes.

Vladar had 40 saves, together with twice stopping Carolina’s Eric Robinson on second-period breakaways. He additionally received a well timed little bit of assist in that interval from Travis Sanheimwho cleared a unfastened puck that had slipped behind Vladar within the crease to disclaim Carolina a tying rating.

Tocchet felt extra power from his Flyers — of their first postseason since 2020 — within the aftermath of the Game 1 loss.

“I thought the young guys competed,” he mentioned. “I’m really proud of these guys. They just made the play at the end, that’s it.”

Ehlers’ one-timer on the ability play received Carolina on the board within the first. Then Ehlers fed a trailing Jarvis to beat Vladar from the proper facet halfway by means of the third interval, in the end forcing OT.

It was a penalty-filled night time with the groups combining to go 2 for 13 with the person benefit, which derailed both workforce from getting in a lot of a 5-on-5 rhythm and leaving Vladar and Andersen to give you large stops all the night time.

“Goaltending was not the issue tonight for any team,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour mentioned.

Philadelphia played a second straight game without regular-season objectives chief Owen Tippett because of an undisclosed harm, whereas Carolina defenseman Alexander Nikishin he took warmups however did not play as he continues his restoration from a concussion suffered within the clinching recreation of the first-round sweep of Ottawa.

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