Recap: Pesce Scores Overtime Winner In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, PA. -Brett Pesce capped off a four-point Presidents' Day Weekend for the Carolina Hurricanes with an overtime winner Monday, giving his team a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Rundown:
Beginning fewer than 24 hours after the final horn to conclude a 4-3 victory in Pittsburgh, today's contest began with one of the sleepier periods of play that we've seen this year. Carolina placed just two shots on Philadelphia's Martin Jones, marking their fewest in any first period this season. Frederik Andersen was sharp at the other end of the ice though, making 12 stops to send the game into the second scoreless.
In the second, Carolina picked up where they left off in Sunday's third period, scoring in the opening minute once again. After becoming the first team in NHL history to score in the opening 10 seconds of consecutive periods, Nino Niederreiter was the recipient of a fortunate bounce off of a stanchion to get the game's first strike.
The lead would last just 35 seconds though, as Philadelphia would get a fortuitous bounce off of Sebastian Aho on a centering feed, redirecting the puck past Frederik Andersen on the next shift.
As the second period progressed with a bit more liveliness, the Canes would then retake their lead after a connection between Andrei Svechnikov and Teuvo Teravainen. Svechnikov swung into the zone with speed and after curling behind the net and gaining space from his defender, he then found #86 unmarked in front, redirecting a feed home to make it 2-1 Carolina.

Heading into the third with their one-goal advantage, the scoring alternated once more early in the third as former Hurricane Patrick Brown made it a 2-2 contest.
As Philadelphia hung around, the Canes then found their spark next via their second line, as Vincent Trocheck made it 3-2 when he put home the rebound after an Ian Cole shot from the point. It looked as if that was all Carolina would need to potentially close out the affair, clogging up the neutral zone and getting pucks into the Philadelphia end in the following moments.
However, with six minutes to go, Cole then dropped the gloves with Zack MacEwen, giving the Flyers the jolt they needed for one more push. They'd tie the game with 4:53 remaining, sending the contest to overtime.
In the extra frame, Frederik Andersen was outstanding, making five stops to buys his club time.
As the Canes utilized a possession-based attack, it was with 18 seconds to go when Brett Pesce put home the overtime winner.

They Said It:
Rod Brind'Amourfollowing the result:
"I don't care how we get it, you want the two points. I didn't like the game, we were terrible at the start. We've had four games in six days, coming off of an emotional game yesterday. So it was basically set up for it to be that way. But I thought Freddie was good, then we kind of started to get a little better as the game went on, but not much. Freddie kept us in there, then we got a few bounces, killed some good penalties, and then in overtime, we were okay. It wasn't a great game, but you're not going to have beautiful game every night, so, it was a good win.
Brett Pesceafter scoring the game-winning goal:
"It's a good feeling. I think I'm just more relieved that the games are over, to be honest. Having just] four [on defense] is hard. We worked hard the last two games. We didn't quit on anything. That starts with our goaltending. Antti was great yesterday, Freddie with those saves today at the end, was incredible. It's been a good couple of days."
**Pesce**, *continuing on the contest as a whole:*
"I didn't think we had our best today, but you aren't going to have your best every day in an 82-game season. Good teams find ways to win and we did that."
**What's Next?:**
The Canes fly home immediately post-game and are scheduled to have an off day Tuesday. They'll return to practice Wednesday and Thursday before hosting Columbus Friday night.
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