The Flyers scored first courtesy of Shayne Gostisbehere but it was all downhill from there with a monster 41 stops from Michal Neuvirth still not enough to prevent the Flyers from falling to 12-12-6.
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Skinner broke a scoreless tie early in the opening frame, beating Neuvirth through the legs with a quick wrist shot.
The 1-0 lead held up until 23 seconds into the second when Jakub Voracek scored to tie the game, just his second goal of the season.
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Carolina also has 16 even-strength goals in the last five contests and five goals in each of the past four. Skinner carried the puck into traffic and flung a shot on net to avoid getting hit, and the puck found its way over Neuvirth’s shoulder to knot the game up.
Jeff Skinner scored his second hat-trick in the last three games but the Carolina Hurricanes fell to the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center.
Last season, Voracek finished tied for fourth in the National Hockey League with 81 points, but he has struggled to turn on the red light. But Wayne Simmonds felt the need to defend his teammate, and absolutely pummeled Malone in an ensuing fight.
For the rest of the period the Flyers were trying to play catch-up, but Voracek’s new line was playing well and had half of the Flyers’ six shots in the first period. Skinner put Carolina on the board at 1:56 with his seventh goal in the last six games.
Skinner had his second hat trick in three games and the third of his career for the Hurricanes. Simmonds received 17 minutes in penalties (instigator, fighting, 10-minute misconduct), while Malone got seven minutes (fighting, kneeing).
Voracek set up Shayne Gostisbehere for the game-winner with 3 minutes, 18 seconds left in OT, slipping a slick backhand pass to the rookie on a two-on-one.
The Flyers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes tonight 4-3 in overtime.
The third period started strong for the Flyers, as they killed an Evgeny Medvedev penalty and continued to create consistent pressure in the offensive zone despite holding a one-goal lead. In the first two, the Flyers registered 3-2 overtime victories. Couturier sent a pass from the right side toward the front of the net and it deflected off Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin’s skate and in.
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The Flyers have tried moving him to a different line (away from Claude Giroux), but that hasn’t worked either.
