Claude Giroux is so hot, he scores points in his sleep these days.
Hours after the Flyers defeated Carolina, 4-3, on Thursday, the NHL added assists for Brandon Manning and Giroux on Michael Raffl’s first-period goal, pushing the Flyers captain to within one point of 100 with one game remaining and into sole possession of second place behind Connor McDavid (106) in the NHL scoring race.
He also took sole possession of first in assists with 68.
“It’s closer to 100, yeah,’’ Giroux said. “But the priority is to win the game [Saturday].’’
The Flyers need at least a point in the final regular-season game Saturday against the Rangers to ensure a playoff berth.