Pesce's late OT goal gives Hurricanes win against Flyers

Brett Pesce scored with 18 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Carolina Hurricanes a 4-3 win against the Philadelphia Flyers at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Monday.

Pesce took a pass from Vincent Trocheck and drove to the net before scoring over the glove of Martin Jones.
"I knew [Trocheck] had time to make a play," Pesce said. "I thought I had a step on [Flyers forward Travis Konecny]. I had to try to bat it down and control it. More luck than anything, but thankfully I settled it down and just tried to put it on net."

The goal came after Frederik Andersen made two key saves in the overtime period. He stopped Claude Giroux from the right face-off circle with his blocker at 2:33 before making the save on Cam Atkinson after the forward cut to his backhand at the top of the crease at 3:39.
"Surprised? No. But thankful? Absolutely," Carolina defenseman Jaccob Slavin said about Andersen. "It's definitely nice to have him back there."
Trocheck had a goal and an assist, Nino Niederreiter and Teuvo Teravainen scored, and Andersen made 38 saves for the Hurricanes (35-11-4), who have won three in a row, including a 4-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.
"It's kind of what I thought might happen," Carolina coach Rod Brind'Amour said. "We came off an emotional game last night, but 'Freddie' was good, kept us in the game in the first period. You could tell we didn't have a lot of energy, a lot of juice, but these guys dig in."
Gerry Mayhew, Patrick Brown and Oskar Lindblom scored for the Flyers (15-25-10), who have lost five in a row. Jones made 27 saves after Carter Hart was scratched with an eye infection.
"We're putting ourselves in a position to win because of things that we're doing," Philadelphia coach Mike Yeo said. "We're not closing out games because of things we may not be doing at certain times of the game. We just have to remain incredibly resilient right now and determined to keep getting better, and I'm going to ask the same of the players."
Carolina took a 1-0 lead 24 seconds into the second period when Niederreiter converted from in front following a dump-in from Jesper Fast that hopped over the stick of Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim.

The Flyers responded 35 seconds later to tie it 1-1 when Mayhew's centering pass went in off the stick of Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho.
"I thought we played a really good game tonight," Mayhew said. "We had some chances in overtime. You've just got to keep pushing. If we continue playing like that, we will string wins out."
Carolina regained the lead 2-1 at 12:13 after Andrei Svechnikov circled the net and passed to Teravainen, whose shot deflected in off Flyers defenseman Nick Seeler.
Brown tied it 2-2 at 5:19 of the third period on a tap-in following Isaac Ratcliffe's wraparound attempt from the right post.
Trocheck again put the Hurricanes back in front 3-2 at 7:15 of the third period when he gathered a loose puck and scored on the backhand.

The Flyers tied it 3-3 at 15:07 when Konecny's shot deflected in off Lindblom at the top of the crease.
"There were times in this game where I thought we played very well, and they kept coming back," Niederreiter said. "It was a good test for us, but we've got to make sure we find a way to close out games in regulation obviously."
NOTES: In addition to his goal, Brown had five shots and four hits in 14:34 of ice time after missing 14 games with a knee injury. … Flyers defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen had an assist, one shot on goal, two hits and one blocked shot in 20:43 of ice time after missing three games with an upper-body injury. … Hurricanes defenseman Tony DeAngelo left the game with an upper-body injury in the second period. … Konecny has six points (goal, five assists) during a six-game point streak. … Jones is 0-6-1 in his past seven starts. His last win was Dec. 29 against the Seattle Kraken. ... The Flyers recalled goalie Kirill Ustimenko from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League to serve as the backup. …Teravainen's goal was his 300th point with the Hurricanes (92 goals, 208 assists in 379 games), and he extended his point streak to six games (two goals, six assists). … Carolina had a season-low two shots in the first period. … Aho has scored six points (two goals, four assists) during a four-game point streak. … Svechnikov has scored 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his past six games.