Raleigh, NC — Taylor Hall slid the puck past Dan Vladar To help at 18:54 overtime carolina storm Green philadelphia flyers 3-2 On Monday night, the took a 2-0 lead in their second-round series in the NHL playoffs.
Hall took a brief feed sean walker and took the puck to the left before dropping to his knees near the top of the crease. But the hall jumped just like that jackson blake Fought for the loose puck, intercepted it and beat Vladar to seal the night, which saw the Hurricanes fall behind 2-0 early on to suffer their first loss of the postseason.
Later, Hall said he didn’t realize he had fallen until he watched the game again.
“When you score in overtime, it feels like part of your memory is gone,” Hall said. He later said: “I was in another time zone for a second.”
The series shifts to Philadelphia for Thursday’s Game 3.
seth jarvis had the third period goal that forced Carolina into overtime, and Nikolaj Ehlers Also scored. Frederick Anderson Finished with 34 saves to help the Hurricanes improve to 6-0 in the postseason.
Still, it was nothing easy compared to the first period that paved the way for a 3-0 win in Monday’s Game 1. Flyers coach Rick Tocquet talked about the need for his players to react quickly against Carolina’s aggression and speed and move the puck more to difficult areas of the ice.
The Flyers did it early jamie drysdale And sean couturier Scoring in a 39-second span of the first period for the Flyers. And they put on a more emphatic performance, defeating Carolina 15–8 in overtime, but the Flyers could not defeat Anderson again after that flurry in the first five minutes.
Vladar had 40 saves, including two shutouts against Carolina Eric Robinson On a breakaway of the second period. During that time he also kept getting help from time to time. travis sanheimWho cleared a loose puck that had slipped past Vladar in the crease and denied Carolina the tying score.
Tocquet felt more energy from his Flyers — in their first postseason appearance since 2020 — after the Game 1 loss.
“I thought the young guys competed,” he said. “I’m really proud of these guys. They made the play at the end, that’s all.”
Ehlers’ one-timer on the power play already got Carolina on the board. Then Ehlers fed Jarvis trailing to beat Vladar on the right side midway through the third period, ultimately forcing OT.
It was a penalty-filled night, with the teams going 2 of 13 with the man advantage, which prevented either team from getting into a 5-on-5 rhythm and left the onus on Vladar and Andersen to come up with big stops all night long.
“Goaltending was not an issue for either team tonight,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said.
Philadelphia played its second consecutive game without a regular-season goals leader. Owen Tippett Due to an undisclosed injury, and the Carolina defenseman Alexander Nikishin Took warmups, but did not play as he continues his recovery from an injury suffered in the clinching game of the first round sweep. ottawa.
