Nikolaj Ehlers had a aim and an help, and Seth Jarvis scored for the Hurricanes, who’re the No. 1 seed within the Jap Convention and Metropolitan Division. Jackson Blake had two assists, and Frederik Andersen made 34 saves.
Carolina rallied from a two-goal deficit after giving up targets 39 seconds aside early within the first interval.
“It is in all probability a very good signal for us that we’ve got one other stage and everyone knows it,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour stated. “We discover methods, clearly, to get it performed.”
Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, who’re the No. 3 seed within the Metropolitan. Vladar made 40 saves.
“We performed a very good hockey recreation. It was well-fought by each groups,” Philadelphia coach Rick Tocchet stated. “I actually preferred how the younger guys competed. I’m actually happy with these guys. (Carolina) simply made the play on the finish. That’s it.”
Carolina leads the best-of-7 collection 2-0. Sport 3 shall be at Xfinity Cell Area in Philadelphia on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; TNT, truTV, HBO MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS).
Drysdale put the Flyers up 1-0 with a power-play aim at 4:02 of the primary. He collected a free puck within the excessive slot and put a wrist shot previous Andersen’s blocker.
“It’s unlucky that we weren’t in a position to come out with this one,” Drysdale stated. “There’s undoubtedly issues we will take and be taught. We’ve bought just a few days right here to regroup and are available again onerous at dwelling.”
It was the primary time the Hurricanes trailed this postseason, ending their streak of not trailing in a recreation at 618:51 courting again to April 7.