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The Flyers chased Cam Ward with goals from Andrej Meszaros and Jeff Carter – his second of the game.
The Flyers got goals from Danny Briere and Jeff Carter on their way to a two-nothing lead through twenty minutes.
(Sports Network) - The Carolina Hurricanes will try to continue their offensive surge this evening, when they welcome the well-rested Philadelphia Flyers to the RBC Center.
The Hurricanes have exploded for 21 goals while winning three of their last four games. Carolina improved to 8-7-0 on the season with a blowout victory over visiting Edmonton on Tuesday.
Carolina will be after its first three-game winning streak of the season tonight. The Hurricanes haven't posted three victories in a row since a seven-game run that spanned last year's Winter Olympic break, lasting from February 5-March 4.
However, the Hurricanes haven't had much success against the Flyers recently, losing seven straight, eight of nine and 12 of the last 14 encounters. That includes a 3-2 win by the Flyers in Philadelphia earlier this month.
The 'Canes unloaded on the Oilers earlier this week, pounding Edmonton by a 7-1 score. Joe Corvo scored a pair of goals and Jeff Skinner had a goal and two assists for the hosts.
Sergei Samsonov, Chad LaRose, Erik Cole and Patrick Dwyer added a goal apiece, while captain Eric Staal dished out four assists for the victors.
"It seemed like every bounce went our way this game, but we earned them," Skinner said. "We came out hard right from the first shift."
The Hurricanes did indeed work fast, scoring four times on the first eight shots sent Edmonton goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin's way. Khabibulin was pulled just over seven minutes into the game. At the other end of the ice, Cam Ward stopped 21-of-22 shots to claim the easy win.
Tonight marks the third and final test of a three-game homestand for Carolina. The club is 4-2-0 as the host this season.
The Flyers had a six-game winning streak snapped when they last played Sunday in Washington, but Philly did earn a point for the seventh straight game after falling to the Capitals in overtime. Mike Green scored a power- play goal 29 seconds into the extra session to Washington the 3-2 decision.
Nikolay Zherdev and Ville Leino lit the lamp for Philadelphia and Sergei Bobrovsky, who was bidding to become the first rookie netminder since Pelle Lindbergh in 1982-83 to win seven consecutive starts, stopped 36 shots in defeat.
"The heart was there to go out and compete and battle the way you need to in order to be successful," said Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette. "But at the end of the night, if we're on our game, we're doubling up in scoring chances and doubling up in shots on net. That didn't happen tonight."
Bobrovsky is expected to get the start again this evening. The 22-year-old Russian earned a victory over the Hurricanes back on November 1 by stopping 26-of-28 shots.
The Flyers, who have won six straight and eight of its last nine in Carolina, are 3-1-2 on the road this year.
Recap: Flyers Blowout Hurricanes, 8-1
Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) – Jeff Carter registered his second career hat trick and impressive rookie Sergei Bobrovsky made 35 saves, as the Philadelphia Flyers pounded the Carolina Hurricanes, 8-1, at the RBC Center.
Danny Briere collected two goals and one assist for the Flyers, who had a six- game winning streak snapped with an overtime loss Sunday in Washington.
Philadelphia has posted eight straight wins over the Hurricanes and improved to 14-0-3 against Carolina since a 2-1 regulation loss on December 19, 2006.
Chad LaRose lit the lamp for the Hurricanes, who had scored 21 goals while winning three of their last four games, including a 7-1 rout of Edmonton on Tuesday.
Carolina goaltender Cam Ward was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on just 13 shots. Justin Peters made nine saves in relief.
Briere gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead 7:54 into the contest. Ville Leino shielded the puck from a defender as he circled the Carolina net and dished across the low slot to Briere, who beat Ward with a backhander. The tally came moments after Scott Hartnell had a goal, which was set up by another nifty feed from Leino, wiped out because of a kicking motion.
With Carolina forward Erik Cole serving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, Carter swept in the rebound of Chris Pronger's blast from the point to make it 2-0 with 1:18 remaining in the first period.
Carter redirected Andrej Meszaros' shot past a distressed Ward to extend the lead to 3-0 at 1:54 of the middle stanza. He then chased Ward to the bench when he finished off a 2-on-1 rush with a wrister for his second power-play goal at 5:58 of the period.
The rout continued in the third as the visitors tacked on four more goals.
Philadelphia captain Mike Richards netted a shorthanded marker at 7:27 before LaRose spoiled Bobrovsky's shutout bid at 8:44. Hartnell countered 18 seconds later, then Briere scored off a Dan Carcillo dish at 10:55 and Nikolay Zherdev beat Peters on a breakaway to finish the scoring with 1:50 remaining.
Game Notes
Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of the death of former Flyers goaltender Pelle Lindbergh, who passed away at the age of 26 from injuries sustained in a car accident...Briere recorded his 300th career assist...Flyers forward Claude Giroux picked up two assists...Philadelphia second-year forward James van Riemsdyk missed his third straight game as a healthy scratch...The Flyers have won seven straight in Carolina...Cole and Tuomo Ruutu both finished with a minus-4 for the Hurricanes...Carolina forward Jiri Tlusty played his 100th career game.
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