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05/04 21:55 CDT Hall's OT score helps Hurricanes top Flyers 3-2 to take 2-0
lead in 2nd-round series of NHL playoffs
Hall's OT score helps Hurricanes top Flyers 3-2 to take 2-0 lead in 2nd-round
series of NHL playoffs
By AARON BEARD
AP Sports Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) --- Taylor Hall slipped the puck past Dan Vladar at 18:54 of
overtime to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on
Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL
playoffs.
Hall took a short feed from Sean Walker and carried the puck in on the left
side before being knocked to his knees near the top of the crease. But Hall
hopped up as Jackson Blake battled for the loose puck, corralled it and beat
Vladar to cap a night that saw the Hurricanes fall behind 2-0 quickly for their
first deficit of the postseason.
The series shifts to Philadelphia for Thursday's Game 3.
Seth Jarvis had the third-period goal that forced overtime for Carolina, while
Nikolaj Ehlers also scored. Frederik Andersen finished with 34 saves to help
the Hurricanes improve to 6-0 in the postseason.
Still, this one was anything but easy compared to the smothering first-period
that paved the way to a 3-0 win in Monday's Game 1. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet
had talked about the need for his players to react quicker against Carolina's
aggression and speed, and carry the puck more into the tough areas of the ice.
The Flyers did that early, with Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier scoring in a
39-second span of the first period for the Flyers. And they outshot Carolina
15-8 in the overtime in a much more assertive showing, but the Flyers couldn't
beat Andersen again after that flurry in the first 5 minutes.
Vladar had 40 saves, including twice stopping Carolina's Eric Robinson on
second-period breakaways. He also got a timely bit of help in that period from
Travis Sanheim, who cleared a loose puck that had slipped behind Vladar in the
crease to deny Carolina a tying score.
Ehlers' one-timer on the power play got Carolina on the board in the first.
Then Ehlers fed a trailing Jarvis to beat Vladar from the right side midway
through the third period, ultimately forcing OT.
Philadelphia played a second straight game without regular-season goals leader
Owen Tippett due to an undisclosed injury, while Carolina defenseman Alexander
Nikishin took warmups but didn't play as he continues his recovery from a
concussion suffered in the clinching game of the first-round sweep of Ottawa.
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