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05/09 20:33 CDT Blake's overtime goal lifts the Hurricanes 3-2 over the Flyers
for their second playoff series sweep
Blake's overtime goal lifts the Hurricanes 3-2 over the Flyers for their second
playoff series sweep
By AARON BRACY
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Jackson Blake scored 5:28 into overtime for his second of
the game, Logan Stankoven also scored in regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes
finished a four-game sweep with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers to
advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight season.
Frederik Andersen made 15 saves for Carolina, which has not lost in eight
playoff games.
Alex Bump and Tyson Foerster scored for the Flyers.
Taylor Hall and Jaccob Slavin assisted the winning goal.
Dan Vladar stopped 37 shots for Philadelphia.
Carolina will play the winner of Buffalo and Montreal in the Eastern Conference
finals after the NHL's first 8-0 start in the playoffs since 1985.
The Hurricanes, who reached the Eastern Conference finals for the third time in
four years, are looking for their first Stanley Cup since 2006. Carolina is the
24th team in league history to win eight or more consecutive games during a
playoff run. Eighteen of them have won the Stanley Cup.
Philadelphia scored just five goals over the four games.
Bump scored 5:52 into the third period to tie the game at 2-2.
Stankoven's seventh tally of the playoffs 4:13 into the third period gave
Carolina a 2-1 lead after he finished a beautiful cross-ice pass from Hall with
a one-timer from just outside of the crease. Philadelphia evened the score 1:39
later when Bump shot past Andersen's glove side from the slot after a setup
from Travis Konecny from behind the net.
Blake tied it at 1-1 with 7:25 remaining in the second when his wrist shot from
along the boards caromed off Philadelphia defenseman Jamie Drysdale and past
Vladar. It appeared as if Carolina went in front just 28 seconds later when
Mark Jankowski beat Vladar, but the goal was overturned following a challenge
by Flyers coach Rick Tocchet when officials ruled that Carolina's William
Carrier interfered with Vladar.
The Flyers had a pair of good chances late in the period to take the lead but
could not convert. The best opportunity came in the final seconds of the period
when Christian Dvorak's wrist shot from close range went off the post on
Andersen's glove side.
Carolina finished regulation with a 36-15 advantage in shots.
Russian winger Matvei Michkov was a healthy scratch for the Flyers. Michkov,
23, was the No. 7 overall pick in 2023 by Philadelphia and was heralded as an
important piece for the rebuilding franchise's future. But the right wing has
struggled thus far in his first playoff experience, garnering one point while
accumulating a minus-3 in eight games. It is the second time he has been a
healthy scratch this postseason, following Game 5 against the Pittsburgh
Penguins in the first round.
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