The Flyers scored first, but watched the Hurricanes storm back (sorry) with three-straight goals in route to a 5-2 win on Saturday afternoon from PNC Arena in Raleigh. Claude Giroux opened the scoring and Oskar Lindblom followed up in the third period, but Carolina found the Flyers’ empty net twice to end all comeback attempts.
The loss officially eliminated the Flyers from playoff contention, though their chances were quite low entering play and just in general. With that portion of the season now over and down with, it’s time to move on and pick out what we learned from a pretty defined road loss to a playoff team in Carolina.