The Carolina Hurricanes won their third straight shootout game as they outlasted the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2 on Sunday night at the Lenovo Center. The win allowed Carolina to sweep the back-to-back and home-and-home series. The Canes now have a 21-9-2 record as they sit three points ahead of the second place New York Islanders in […]
The Carolina Hurricanes won their third straight shootout game as they outlasted the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-2 on Sunday night at the Lenovo Center.
The win allowed Carolina to sweep the back-to-back and home-and-home series.
The Canes now have a 21-9-2 record as they sit three points ahead of the second place New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division as well as the Eastern Conference.
They have won four games in a row and seven of their last 10.
Goaltender Brandon Bussi won his ninth straight game and improved his overall record to 11-1-0 which now makes him the first goalie in NHL history to win 11 games out of his first 12 career starts.
The former waiver wire pickup made 24 saves on 26 shots and made another three saves he faced in the shootout.
Overall, his stat sheet is now, 11-1-0, GAA 2.05 and SV% .911.
Will Carrier opened the scoring for the home team just five minutes and change into the game.
Later in the period, Taylor Hall tipped in an Alexander Nikishin shot during a powerplay to make it 2-0.
The Canes dominated that period as they outshot the Flyers, 14-4.
With less than a minute in the opening stanza, Carrier tipped the puck past his own goaltender and the score was 2-1.
After a scoreless second period, the Flyers were able to tie the score with 1:52 remaining in the game on an open Trevor Zegras shot.
The overtime period was scoreless although the Canes had a full two minutes of 4 on 3 time to work with, but they were unable to generate anything with the advantage.
Once again, Brandon Bussi came up huge in the shootout and was able to stop all three shooters he faced.
The Hurricanes got the win off a pretty backhander by Andrei Svechnikov, who was the only goal-scorer in the skills competition.
Jaccob Slavin returned to action this game after a long absence. He led the team with three blocked shots, one of them from in close that probably saved a goal. They eased him back to action as he only had 14:31 of ice time.
Next up for Carolina will be a match against the Predators in Nashville on Wednesday night.
Game Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/GS020510.HTM
Event Summary – https://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20252026/ES020510.HTM
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