NHL Game Summary - Carolina at Philadelphia
(Saturday, February 9th)
Final Score: Philadelphia 4, Carolina 3 (OT)
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Danny Briere scored at the 1:47 mark of
overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 win over the Carolina
Hurricanes on Saturday.
Nik Grossman sent a lead pass from his zone down the left wing and Briere took
it into the Carolina zone. He cut to the front of the net and snapped a shot
that hit off the left post, then went off the back of Cam Ward before
trickling in.
"Yeah when I cut to the middle like I did at first, my plan was to drop it,"
said Briere. "I realized that their defenseman was up and the second
defenseman and forward were back checking, lunging to go towards Kurtis
[Foster] as well, so I decided to keep the puck and there was a little opening
in the slot to shoot it in."
Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek posted a goal and an assist while Matt Read
also scored for the Flyers, who went 3-0-1 on a four-game road trip. Ilya
Bryzgalov gave up three goals on 33 shots in the win.
Joe Corvo posted a goal and an assist and Jiri Tlusty and Jeff Skinner each
lit the lamp for the Hurricanes, who had won three of four. Ward posted 28
stops.
"I think we did a good job battling back there in the third," said Carolina
center Jeff Skinner. "It was a big goal by [Joe Corvo]. We carried the
momentum into the overtime, I think. But in overtime anything can happen. So,
I think it was a good job battling back."
Carolina scored just 17 seconds into the game for the quick lead. Off a right
circle faceoff win, Corvo one-timed the puck on net and Tlusty snapped the
rebound into the left corner for his first of the season.
After failing to score on an extended 5-on-3, the Flyers were finally able to
tie the game at the 13:52 mark of the first as a wrist shot from the left
point by Kimmo Timonen saw a nice re-direct by Schenn for his second of the
year.
Philly took the lead just 1:33 into the second when Mike Knuble blocked a
clear at the right point and dished it down low for Read, who snapped a
wrister over the shoulder of Ward for a 2-1 advantage.
It was a 2-2 game at the 11:17 mark of the second when Skinner skated the puck
behind the net and from the right circle flung a turnaround shot into the
right corner of the net, but the Flyers answered 15 seconds later when Schenn
flew in down the left wing and sent a pass to the other side where Voracek re-
directed it in for his third of the year.
Carolina tied the game at the 7:58 mark of the third period off a Corvo right
point shot that hit off the right shoulder of Bryzgalov and trickled in.
Ward stopped seven shots in the third period, including a pair on Read as time
expired, to send the game to overtime.
Game Notes
Philadelphia starts a six-game road trip in Toronto on Monday ... Carolina
plays the fifth game of a six-game road swing in New York against the
Islanders on Monday ... Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play ... The
Flyers have won both games against the Hurricanes this season and 18 of the
last 22.
02/09 17:01:04 ET

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