Flyers Fall To Hurricanes, 3-1
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jordan Staal put Carolina ahead and Eric Staal added an insurance score late to lift the Hurricanes over the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Tuesday night.
Cam Ward made 36 saves for Carolina. Jordan Staal got his 16th goal and Eric Staal got his 10th to end a 16-game scoreless streak.
Philadelphia had won the three previous meetings with Carolina this season in overtime.
Joakim Nordstrom had the other goal for Carolina and has 10 points in his last 12 games.
Scott Laughton scored for Philadelphia, and goalie Michal Neuvirth stopped 15 shots.
Carolina had defenseman Justin Faulk available for the first time after missing six games with a lower-body injury.
The Flyers led 1-0 after the first period. Laughton got the Flyers on the board at 17:45 when he slid the puck through Ward five-hole. Matt Read assisted.
Nordstrom tied it at 8:09 of the second, intercepting Neuvirth's clearing pass from behind the net in the right circle and easily beating him stick side for his eighth goal of the season.
Jordan Staal made it 2-1 with 1:34 left in the second. He beat Neuvirth glove side on a spin move in the low slot on an assist from Brett Pesce.
Eric Staal doubled the lead with 5:49 to go, picking a loose puck out of the air off a rebound of Jay McClement's shot.
NOTES: This finished a three-game homestand for Carolina, which visits Toronto on Thursday night before returning home against Boston on Friday. ... The Flyers host Minnesota on Thursday night in the opener of a six-game homestand. ... Philadelphia RW Claude Giroux (upper body) missed his second straight game while C R.J. Umberger and D Evgeny Medvedev were healthy scratches. ... Carolina C Nathan Gerbe, C Brad Malone and D Michal Jordan were healthy scratches. ... Carolina C Elias Lindholm played in his 200th NHL game. ... The Hurricanes have not shut the Flyers out since a 2-0 victory in Raleigh on Nov. 30, 2000, a span of 59 games.
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