The Carolina Hurricanes have now won four consecutive games — all against Metropolitan Division teams — and are as close to full strength as they’ve been in two months.

Forward William Carrier scored his third goal of the season in his 26th outing, climbing to within one of the four he recorded during 43 games last season. Defenseman Alexander Nikishin picked up an assist to extend his point streak to three games (1G, 2A). He's the seventh rookie this season with multiple point streaks of three games or longer.

Andrei Svechnikov scored in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Sunday. William Carrier and Taylor Hall scored in regulation for the Hurricanes, who have won four straight — three in a shootout.

In their final game of a six-game homestand, and the first of a home-and-home, the Philadelphia Flyers put on a show in the first 20 minutes against the Carolin

When asked Thursday, before the Flyers’ 3-2 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, about his undersized defense pair of Jamie Drysdale and Emil Andrae, Tocchet was about to cite a defenseman he coached in Vancouver as an example of how to succeed as that kind of player, before quickly pivoting.

The Flyers hung with Vegas and Carolina this week as two of the NHL's elites, but they had the chance to take both games and let themselves get burned instead. It's part of the process, but it's painful.

Watch PHLY Flyers Postgame It took a little longer for the Philadelphia Flyers to get into this game after blowing a 2-goal lead to these same Carolina Hurricanes last

In three-on-three overtime — which the Flyers are really struggling with lately — Ersson was the primary reason the game even made it to the shootout. He absorbed a Shayne Gostisbehere shot with 1:31 to go in the extra session after the Flyers were gassed in their own end, and denied Jordan Staal alone in front with eight seconds to go.