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.