You’ve Heard This Before: Flyers Fall in Shootout

Report From Philadelphia Flyers

* The Flyers went to extra time for the 26th time this season, furthering their franchise record. The old record was 24 games that went past regulation in the 1998-99 season.

* Nick Cousins scored on his first NHL shootout attempt.

* The Flyers are now 3-11 in shootouts this season. The NHL record for most shootout losses in a season is 13, done last year by New Jersey.

* The Flyers outhit Carolina 55-25. Zac Rinaldo was credited with eight hits in 8:55 of ice time.

* Claude Giroux was 12-for-21 (57 pct) on faceoffs.

* Michael Del Zotto had two assists, and now has five assists in his last four games.

* The Flyers are back in action tomorrow when they host Pittsburgh at a new time of 12:30 PM (NBC, 97.5 FM).

GAME RECAP

RALEIGH, N.C. — Nathan Gerbe and Chris Terry scored in the shootout to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday at PNC Arena.

The Flyers completed a two-goal comeback when Sean Couturier scored with 1:50 remaining in regulation.

Cam Ward made 21 saves for the Hurricanes (29-38-11). Jordan Staal had a goal and an assist.

Philadelphia fell to 31-29-18, completing the road portion of its season at 10-20-11.

Elias Lindholm’s 17th goal gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 11:00 of the first period. Flyers goalie Ray Emery kicked out Staal’s shot, but Lindholm was waiting at the right faceoff dot to finish with a one-timer.

Carolina had two power plays in the latter half of the period, but Philadelphia killed each penalty without allowing a shot on goal.

Staal scored an unassisted goal early in the second period to give the Hurricanes a two-goal lead. After poking the puck away from Nicklas Grossmann in the neutral zone, Staal held the puck on a 2-on-1 and beat Emery to the glove side at 3:27 for his fifth goal of the season.

After a sluggish first half, the Flyers came alive on their first power-play chance. With Alexander Semin off for hooking, Philadelphia worked the puck around to Couturier, whose shot through traffic was tipped by Michael Raffl for his 21st goal at 9:46.

The Hurricanes held a 14-12 advantage in shots through two periods.

Couturier tied the game when he gathered Michael Del Zotto‘s pass in front of Ward and scored on the backhand.