Coming live from the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C., the Carolina Hurricanes host the Philadelphia Flyers.
Former Hurricanes 2006 Stanley Cup-winning coach Peter Laviolette returns leading the Flyers.
1st period
Puck drops and we have Philly already in with a shot from Claude Giroux on the Hurricanes' Cam Ward on goal in the first 15 seconds.
Flyers take a few more shots before Pat Dwyer carries the puck down and takes a shot on Sergei Bobrovsky.
Hurricanes lead in shots though 3-2 at 18:18.
Philadelphia continues to apply pressure with some hard hits and another shot on Ward.
Jaromir Jagr takes a tripping penalty at 3:20 and Hurricanes are on first PP of the night.
Matt Read and Kimmo Timmonen go in short-handed on Ward but he makes the save - Hurricanes get nothing on the power play.
Philadelphia controls play wtih the scored tied 0-0 and 14:00 remaining in the period.
Hurricanes' Bryan Allen takes a tripping penalty at 13:54 and the Flyers get their chance on the power play for the first time tonight.
Carolina killing off penalty to Allen but Flyers controlling the puck - still in their zone.
All even as Allen steps on the ice - Hurricanes outshooting Flyers 6-4 with 11:25 remaining - still scoreless.
Flyers' pressure on Carolina continues as play has remained mostly in Hurricanes' end until recent call-up Jerome Samson, along with linemates Jussi Jokinen and Alexei Ponikarovsky, have some great chances on Bobrovsky.
Samson narrowly misses and then tries a wrap with 'Bob' making the save - faceoff to his right.
Former Flyer Andreas Nodl with a shot off the faceoff won by Brandon Sutter and with Pat Dwyer playing on the line as well.
Bobrovsky makes the save for another faceoff. Play continues down to the Carolina end after the ensuing faceoff.
Philadelphia continues to pressure the Hurricanes with a few more shots.
However, the Hurricanes are not going away and making the best of intermittent visits to the Flyers end.
Off-setting penalties to Marc-Andre Bourdon and Eric Staal - each for cross-checking.
Skating four-aside both teams are working hard - Justin Faulk fires a point shot that Bobrovsky stops.
Less than a minute to go in the penalties.
Non-stop action for the last two minutes as both teams trade body checks and scoring opportunities - still tied 0-0 with 4:00 remaining in the first period - Hurricanes lead 11-7 in shots on goal.
Pat Dwyer laying some hits in the Philadelphia end along the boards while Brandon Sutter does the same in the Carolina end in open ice.
Flyers' quick transition and breakouts have been effective in establishing control causing Ward to be at his best - two big saves there.
Carolina turns it around and heads down to get a shot on and the faceoff will be to Bobrovsky's left.
Flyers win the draw and head up-ice into Hurricanes end with no significant finish.
Eric Staal leads the rush down to the other end with just over a minute to play.
Flyers get the puck down towards Ward one more time before Anthony Stewart, Tim Brent, and Brett Sutter head back towards Bobrovsky.
As time in the first period winds down, Flyers try to get another shot on, but to no avail.
Score tied 1-1 with Carolina edging Philadelphia in shots on goal 11-9.
Second period
Puck drops and Carolina applies pressure early.
Flyers take their second penalty of the night as Scott Hartnell gets a tripping penalty to give Carolina its second power play of the night.
The Hurricanes keep pressure in the Flyers zone for the first minute but Claude Girioux picks up the puck and heads the other way on a shorthanded 2-on-1.
Giroux passes it to Maxime Talbot who takes a shot on an open side that Ward covers quickly.
Hurricanes go the other way and take another shot on Bobrovsky as their power play ends - 0-2 so far on the night.
15:40 - Flyers' Brayden Schenn scores on a rebound after Wayne Simmonds got stopped by Ward from Schenn's pass to him - Philadelphia leads 1-0.
Both teams continue to play a hard-hitting, grinding style of play moving from end-to-end.
Flyers still lead 1-0 with 12:04 remaining in the period.
Claude Giroux and Jaromir Jagr are very slippery and difficult for the Hurricanes defense to contain as they keep Ward busy in net.
Jiri Tlusty takes a high-sticking minor and the Flyers' power play is in effect.
Matt Reade, Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell out for the Flyers and get a few shots on Ward.
Eric Staal and Jussi Jokinen now out killing the Carolina penalty with 10:16 remaining.
Tlusty missess opportunity for a breakaway as he comes out of the penalty box - both teams back at 5-on-5.
With 8:27 left in the period, the Hurricanes lose possession as play moves into the neutral zone.
Jaroslav Spacek takes a shot to the face area as play is stopped at 7:46 - very slow to get up.
Spacek skates off and play is ready to resume and as play moves in to the Flyers zone, Kimmo Timmonen takes an interference penaly keeping Jerome Samson from skating past him.
On their third power play of the night, recent call-up from Charlotte, Samson ties it up 1-1 with assists to Justin Faulk and Eric Staal .
Staal takes a penalty and Philadelphia gets another power play opportunity - faceoff to Ward's right.
Hurricanes clear the puck down the ice with 5:25 remaining in the period.
Hurricanes eventually kill off the penalty to Staal but Philadelphia continues to apply pressure to Carolina's defense.
Score still tied 1-1 with 2:49 left in the period.
Things get chippy after the whistle after Ward makes a save.
Tim Gleason clears Wayne Simmonds out of the way and then Brayden Schenn steps in and Gleason sends him a message with a good face-washing.
The negative for Carolina resulting from the scrum is that Gleason is now in the box for roughing and the Flyers are on the power play again with 1:42 remaining.
Staal, Dwyer, Faulk and Harrison defending while Ward makes Flyers' first unit have a seat, scoreless.
Hartnell, Read and Briere are out now and Ward denies them as well.
Brandon Sutter and Jussi Jokinen gain possession and try a shorthanded rush down to the Flyers' end.
Second period ends with the score tied 1-1 - 0:18 seconds remaining on the power play for the Flyers when both teams return to the ice for the third.
Flyers outshot Carolina in the period 18-11.
Third period
Philadelphia starts with the power play but Carolina sends it down to the other end to kill it off - score still tied 1-1.
Injury update: Spacek will not return due to taking a puck to the face at 12:14 of the second period.
3:23 - Flyers' Sean Couturier skates down the wing to Ward's left and comes off the boards and lets a wrist shot go that freezes Cam Ward and puts Philadelphia ahead again 2-1.
Couturier's shot caught the corner above Ward's stickside shoulder.
With the one goal lead, the Flyers are outshooting the Hurricanes 33-24 with 12:42 remaining in the third period.
Sutter, Nodl, Dwyer are all over Bobrovsky and the Flyers as the netminder comes up with some big saves to prevent Carolina from scoring.
Reaching the 10:00 mark, Philadelphia still leading 2-1 as Sutter's line is back out on the ice - only effective group to keep the Flyers pinned in their end all game.
Ruutu, Staal, and Samson having a chance at tying the game against Bobrovsky, but Flyers are quick to change direction and give Ward some more work.
Samson gets the chance to play on the top line impressing coach Kirk Muller with his performance so far.
With six minutes remaining play continues to go back and forth.
Play stops at 4:43 left in the period as Bobrovsky makes a shoulder save on a snap shot from Brandon Sutter - Flyers still lead 2-1.
Faceoff to Bobrovsky's right and Staal's line presses for the tying goal.
Bobrovsky makes a big save on Eric Staal's blast off the wing - a great pass from Tuomo Ruutu.
At the 3:17 mark, Hurricanes are called for offside.
Staal finds Samson wide open breaking in the low slot but Bobrovsky makes the save - still 2-1 for the Flyers with 2:20 remaining.
Anthony Stewart out with Jokinen and Ponikarovsky - an effective shift that results in a faceoff deep in the Philadelphia zone to Bobrovsky's right.
Muller takes a timeout with 1:24 remaining - Cam Ward is out of the net for the extra attacker.
Flyers win the faceoff but ice the puck - faceoff to Bobrovsky's right again.
Last minute of play and Philadelphia makes it hard for Carolina to get a shot on net - Ruutu lets one go off side of the net.
Flyers called for icing again with 2.1 seconds left - looks as though they will hold on for a 2-1 win.
They do.
The
Carolina Hurricanes suffered their second loss in a row, losing 2-1 to
the Philadelphia Flyers at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday
night.Emergency call-up Jerome Samson was the lone goal scorer for
Carolina...
