Necas’ late goal lifts Hurricanes past Flyers for 7th straight win

Necas’ late goal lifts Hurricanes past Flyers for 7th straight win

Forward scores winner with 31 seconds left, has 17 points during streak

Flyers at Hurricanes | Recap

RALEIGH, N.C. — Martin Necas scored with 31 seconds remaining to give the Carolina Hurricanes their seventh straight win, 6-4 against the Philadelphia Flyers at Lenovo Center on Tuesday.

Necas gave the Hurricanes a 5-4 lead when he put away a rebound at the left post to extend his point streak to seven games (six goals, 11 assists).

Seth Jarvis added an empty-net goal with two seconds remaining for the 6-4 final.

Jackson Blake, Eric Robinson, Jordan Martinook and Jack Roslovic also scored, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 12 saves for the Hurricanes (9-2-0).

Travis Konecny had two goals and two assists, Owen Tippett had a goal and an assist, and Sean Couturier had two assists for the Flyers (4-8-1), who have lost two in a row. Aleksei Kolosov made 29 saves.

Konecny gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 7:54 of the first period, tapping in a rebound at the left post during a 5-on-3 man-advantage.

Blake tied it 1-1 at 14:25 when he one-timed a shot from the slot off a no-look, backhanded pass from Jack Drury below the goal line.

Robinson took a pass from Necas and scored with a wrist shot from the left circle to give the Hurricanes a 2-1 lead at 8:56 of the second period.

Martinook pushed it to 3-1 at 9:50, stuffing in a rebound with a backhand at the top of the crease after Kolosov stopped Jaccob Slavin’s shot from the left point.

Tippett tucked a snap shot from the left circle under the crossbar to cut the lead to 3-2 at 13:30.

Morgan Frost tied it 3-3 at 1:18 of the third period. Travis Sanheim took a pass in the slot and slipped a seam pass to Frost at the right post, who fanned on a one-timer from one knee but saw the puck trickle in off his skate.

Roslovic put the Hurricanes ahead 4-3 at 1:47, putting in a rebound at the top of the crease after Kolosov stopped Sebastian Aho on a breakaway.

Konecny responded to tie it 4-4 at 9:17. Couturier stole the puck from Jalen Chatfield deep in the offensive zone, and his backhanded centering pass deflected off Konecny’s stick in front between Kochetkov’s pads.