Monday, November 21, 2011
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4 - 2
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Hurricanes 2 2 0 4
Flyers 0 2 0 2
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GOAL SCORERS

CAR:   A. Ponikarovsky (PPG, 13:42 - 1st) , J. Skinner (19:45 - 1st) , C. LaRose (03:37 - 2nd) , A. Ponikarovsky (PPG, 18:33 - 2nd)
PHI:   J. van Riemsdyk (01:34 - 2nd) , M. Read (PPG, 12:24 - 2nd)
GOALIES

CAR: C. Ward (W)
 PHI: I. Bryzgalov (L)
Hurricanes-Flyers Preview
Mike G. Morreale  - NHL.com Staff Writer

Although the Philadelphia Flyers wasted another strong game from Claude Giroux, chances are they could get another such effort in their next outing.

Giroux has already had two huge performances against the Hurricanes this season, and the Flyers will try for their seventh straight home win in the series Monday night.

Philadelphia (11-5-3) had a three-game win streak snapped with Saturday's 6-4 loss to Winnipeg despite Giroux's three assists. He has seven points in three games and 26 for the NHL's second-highest total.

"Our team's played some pretty good hockey," said coach Peter Laviolette on Sunday. "As much as you'd like to win every game for the rest of the year, it's probably unrealistic, you're going to have speed bumps on the road. I think we'll get back on track tomorrow when we get in front of our fans and get back on the ice."

Giroux had two goals and one assist last Monday in a 5-3 win at Carolina. He also amassed a goal and three assists Oct. 29 in a 5-1 home win over the Hurricanes (7-11-3).

Jaromir Jagr has also shined in this matchup with two goals and two assists in his return to the NHL.

Both Flyers goalies have started once against the Hurricanes this season. Ilya Bryzgalov made 24 saves in last month's win while Sergei Bobrovsky had 17 last week.

Former Flyers goalie Brian Boucher started opposite Bryzgalov last month in his return to Philadelphia and had 29 saves. Boucher entered in relief last week against the Flyers after Cam Ward was pulled for yielding four goals on 17 shots.

Carolina is 0-5-1 in its last six visits to Philadelphia, dropping the last five in regulation. The Flyers have won 11 of the last 12 matchups overall.

The Hurricanes have come up empty in their last 26 power-play chances against the Flyers, who gave up a season-high three goals with the man advantage Saturday.

"Moving on to tomorrow, we've got a big game against Carolina," Laviolette said. "Our penalty kill has been real good for us. We've done a better job of a lot of different things, taking care of the puck, staying out of the box. It didn't go our way last night, and we're looking forward to tomorrow."

Carolina struggled against the NHL points leader Sunday, but ended a three-game slide with a 3-2 home win despite two goals from Toronto's Phil Kessel.

The Hurricanes are 1-3-0 playing the second half of back-to-back games, but believe fatigue won't be a problem because of an early start time Sunday that will allow them to get to Philadelphia in good shape.

"We'll be able to get in tonight and settle down a little bit, and get a regular sleep and good meals tomorrow, (if) guys need to do their game-day warmup, they got lots of time to do that and no excuses, come out ready, we get lots of rest," defenseman Jay Harrison said. "So we'll be ready to go tomorrow."

Carolina is 0-5-1 on the road since a 4-1 win at Boston on Oct. 18.




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EASTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 z - PIT 48 36 12 0 165 119 72
2 y - MTL 48 29 14 5 149 126 63
3 y - WSH 48 27 18 3 149 130 57
4 x - BOS 48 28 14 6 131 109 62
5 x - TOR 48 26 17 5 145 133 57
6 x - NYR 48 26 18 4 130 112 56
7 x - OTT 48 25 17 6 116 104 56
8 x - NYI 48 24 17 7 139 139 55
9 WPG 48 24 21 3 128 144 51
10 PHI 48 23 22 3 133 141 49
11 NJD 48 19 19 10 112 129 48
12 BUF 48 21 21 6 125 143 48
13 CAR 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 TBL 48 18 26 4 148 150 40
15 FLA 48 15 27 6 112 171 36

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
E. Staal 48 18 35 5 53
A. Semin 44 13 31 14 44
J. Tlusty 48 23 15 15 38
J. Staal 48 10 21 -18 31
J. Skinner 42 13 11 -21 24
J. Corvo 40 6 11 -3 17
P. Dwyer 46 8 8 -7 16
J. Faulk 38 5 10 1 15
J. Harrison 47 3 7 -10 10
R. Nash 32 4 5 -4 9
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
C. Ward 9 6 1 .908 2.84
D. Ellis 6 8 2 .906 3.13
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