Hurricanes dash Flyers postseason hopes with 5-2 win

The Carolina Hurricanes scored twice on power plays and that was enough in a 5-2 victory against visiting Philadelphia, eliminating the Flyers from playoff contention Saturday afternoon at Raleigh, N.C. Teuvo Teravainen, Dougie Hamilton, Justin Faulk, Jaccob Slavin and Brock McGinn scored for Carolina, which strengthened its hold on one of the Eastern Conference's wild cards.

The Hurricanes scored two goals in a 21-second span in the first period to wipe out a one-goal deficit and later added two empty-net goals. Teravainen's power-play tally tied the game in the first period. That was the first power-play goal for Carolina in 10 games. Faulk's goal with 8:03 remaining in the game also came with a man advantage, supplying a 3-1 lead.

Teravainen also notched an assist. Hurricanes goalie Petr Mrazek made 30 saves. He faced 17 third-period shots, stopping all except one of those.

Claude Giroux and Oskar Lindblom scored for the Flyers, who couldn't afford another loss and needed significant help if they were going to qualify for the Eastern Conference playoffs. Now, that possibility has been dashed. James van Riemsdyk provided two assists for Philadelphia, which went on a power play with 3 1/2 minutes left. The Flyers chose to pull goalie Cam Talbot as well, but it backfired when Slavin scored into an empty net.

Mrazek had some sloppy moments with pucks left uncovered, but he also was clutch in several situations when Carolina was clinging to the lead. Talbot was credited with 27 saves.

Giroux opened the scoring, converting off a 2-on-1. Teravainen's goal also gave him 20 for the season, so the Hurricanes have four 20-goal scorers for the first time in nine years.

Just 21 seconds later, Hamilton picked up his 16th goal. Faulk's goal appeared to put Carolina in good shape until the Flyers went on the power play and Lindblom notched a power-play goal with 6:48 remaining.

--Field Level Media