After a thrilling 1-0 shootout victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday, the Flyers were outshot, outchanced and generally outplayed by the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers fell by a score of 4-1, though the game was a bit closer than the final score indicates.
The Basics
First period: 5:39 — Bunting (Aho, Orlov)
Second period: 7:14 — Konecny (Foerster), 13:25 — Lemieux (unassisted)
Third period: 16:34 — Jarvis (Bunting, Aho), 17:16 — Kotkaniemi (Fast)
SOG: 35 (CAR) – 28 (PHI)
Takeaways
First goal wins
Good things tend to happen when the Flyers manage to strike first — they are 10-1-0 when scoring the game’s icebreaker.