The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 in Game 1 of the second round of the NHL playoffs at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Coming off a competitive series against the Penguins, the Flyers struggled to get anything against Carolina.<\/p>\n
Logan Stankoven scored twice to continue his postseason tear and the Carolina Hurricanes smothered the Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-0 victory Saturday night to open the second-round series.<\/p>\n
Jackson Blake also scored for Carolina, and Frederik Andersen stopped 18 shots for his second shutout of these playoffs and seventh in his postseason career.<\/p>\n
Carolina never trailed in closing a first-round sweep of Ottawa last weekend, then had an extended break while the Flyers battled to push past Pittsburgh in overtime of Game 6 on Wednesday night. That led to rest-versus-rust conversations about how the the Eastern Conference’s top seed would start Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Hurricanes pounced from the opening puck drop, a departure from how all four regular-season meetings went to overtime or a shootout.<\/p>\n
Stankoven scored in each of the four wins against the Senators, then scored on a redirect from the slot just 1:31 in. Blake followed at 7:30, splitting two defenders as he entered the zone and charging in to slip a puck behind Dan Vladar.<\/p>\n
That was more than enough offense on this night with the Flyers struggling to apply much pressure on Andersen.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia started its first postseason since 2020 by battling through Pittsburgh to close out a six-game series in overtime on Cam York’s Wednesday night winner. But they sputtered from the start, managing just nine shots on goal through two periods and being outshot 3-0 on their four power plays on the night.<\/p>\n
By the final 10 minutes, the game had turned testy with platers having to be separated multiple times. That included 10-minute misconduct penalties on Philadelphia’s Trevor Zegras and Nick Seeler, along with Blake and Shayne Gostisbehere for Carolina.<\/p>\n
Both teams were down key players. The Flyers didn’t have regular-season goals leader Owen Tippett because of an undisclosed injury, while the Hurricanes were missing defenseman Alexander Nikishin after he suffered a concussion in Game 4 against Ottawa.<\/p>\n
Game 2 is scheduled<\/a> for Monday in Raleigh at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n