Philadelphia 5, Carolina 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, November 14, 2011
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Referees:
Dean Morton, Mike Leggo
Linesmen:
Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers
Attendance:
14491
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Claude Giroux scored two goals and set up another and captain Chris Pronger had three assists as the Philadelphia Flyers continued their mastery of the Carolina Hurricanes with a 5-3 road triumph on Monday.
Rookie Matt Read scored for the second time in as many games and Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 17 shots as Philadelphia improved to 16-1-2 in its last 19 meetings with Carolina. For his part, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette is now 7-1-0 against the Hurricanes since guiding the latter franchise to the 2006 Stanley Cup.
After recording a goal and three assists in Philadelphia's 5-1 win over Carolina on Oct. 29, Giroux immediately picked up right where he left off. The 23-year-old opened the scoring 79 seconds into the contest after accepting Jaromir Jagr's lead pass and wristing it past Cam Ward.
Giroux gave the Flyers a 3-1 lead just 2:45 into the second after wristing a shot from the left faceoff dot into the top corner of the net for his team-leading 12th goal. He was credited with an assist 4:12 later after his wrist shot was deflected by Wayne Simmonds and past Ward, who was pulled in favor of former Flyer Brian Boucher.
Pat Dwyer netted a shorthanded goal with just one under second remaining in the first period. He also converted a penalty shot at 4:36 of the third as Carolina closed to within 4-3, but the Hurricanes ran out of gas and fell for the fifth time in six games.
Top Game Performances
Philadelphia |
|
Carolina |
Claude Giroux 3 |
Points |
Patrick Dwyer 2 |
Claude Giroux 2 |
Goals |
Patrick Dwyer 2 |
Chris Pronger 3 |
Assists |
Jussi Jokinen 1 |
Wayne Simmonds 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
Patrick Dwyer 2 |
Sergei Bobrovsky .850 |
Save Percentage |
Brian Boucher .909 |
Sergei Bobrovsky 17 |
Saves |
Cam Ward 13 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Philadelphia
|
28 |
5 |
1-5 |
4-4 |
14 |
29 |
Carolina
|
20 |
3 |
0-4 |
4-5 |
16 |
42 |
Upcoming Games
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Carolina will play their next game on the road against Montreal. The Hurricanes have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .333 after a loss.
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Philadelphia will play their next game at home against Phoenix. The Flyers have a W/L % of .444 after a win and .750 after a loss.