RALEIGH — It looked like the Hurricanes would head off on their six-game State Fair road trip with a loss after Philadelphia’s Bobby Brink scored near the end of overtime, but a video review for goaltender interference overturned the call and brought everyone back to their respective benches.
“We dodged a bullet there,” Hurricanes center Logan Stankoven, who was on the ice for the disallowed goal, said.
After it was ruled Philadelphia defenseman Travis Sanheim had entered the crease and made contact with Carolina goalie Frederik Andersen (20 saves) before Brink scored with 54 seconds left in overtime, Carolina reset with a second chance to earn two points.
And for the second straight game, Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho connected on the game-winning goal, with Jarvis firing a one-timer from the left faceoff dot with 17 seconds left in OT to give Carolina a 4-3 win over the visiting Flyers on Saturday at Lenovo Center.
The goal came after Aho and Jarvis were on the ice for an opponent’s tying goal in the third period for the second time in as many games.
“It’s always about the next shift. … OK, that’s done,” Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Now let’s go.”
The Flyers forced overtime when Sanheim scored with four minutes left in regulation. Jarvis — who had lost track of New Jersey’s Jesper Bratt with just over eight minutes left in Thursday’s season opener — allowing the Devils to tie the game, was frustrated to again be on the ice for the late tying goal.
“You’ve got to learn from your mistakes … again,” Jarvis said with a grimace. “I hate to have to keep saying that. Just clean it up and not let that stuff happen because that game probably shouldn’t have went to overtime. We should have won in regulation.”
Jarvis and Aho weaved around the offensive zone with defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, and Aho’s pass set up Jarvis’ third goal in two games and second game-winner of the season.
“Like I said last game, I got a chance to redeem myself,” Jarvis said, “and I did.”
The Hurricanes dominated the Flyers in the opening 20 minutes, outshooting the visitors 15-6, yet went to the locker room behind on the scoreboard.
After Carolina failed to score on six minutes of power play time in the first period, Philadelphia got its first chance late and quickly capitalized.
With Jalen Chatfield in the box for tripping with 31 seconds left in the opening frame, the Flyers needed just nine seconds to take the lead. Travis Konecny fired a shot that went high over the Carolina net, but the puck bounced off the glass and right in front to Owen Tippett, who banged it into a mostly empty net for a 1-0 Flyers lead at 19:38 of the first.
“That was a tough break,” Brind’Amour said.
Play was more even in the second period, but Carolina managed to score three of the four goals of the middle frame.
It started with the Hurricanes knotting the score early in the second period when Stankoven carried the puck into the Flyers zone and curled a pass to Jackson Blake. Blake used a toe drag to evade a sliding Philadelphia defender and got a shot on net, and Stankoven pounced on the rebound for his first goal of the season at 3:46 of the middle frame.
“Not all of them are pretty, so you’ve just got to stop at the net, and sometimes pucks bounce your way,” Stankoven said.
The Flyers, however, quickly reclaimed the lead when Carolina’s inability to clear the puck led to Bobby Brink going bar down Andersen’s shoulder at 6:18.
Carolina answered again with another goal off the rush when Taylor Hall reached out toward an Eric Robinson pass and deflected the puck past Samuel Ersson (35 saves) to make it 2-2 at 9:07. It was Hall’s second goal and third point in the season’s first two games and Robinson’s first assist after scoring in the opener.
“I’ve got to find more ice time for those guys,” said Brind’Amour, who added that Robinson has “been sensational.”
The Hurricanes then survived some pressure by the Flyers to take their first lead, with Brind’Amour’s “Comfort Line” putting Carolina ahead with 90 seconds left in the second.
The line of Jordan Staal, Jordan Martinook and William Carrier — which had 17 shot attempts to Philadelphia’s two in 10 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time — worked over the Flyers defense in the corners. Then Martinook’s spinning pass from the right of Ersson found Staal’s stick on the opposite side of the net for a quick shot that put Carolina ahead 3-2.
“I thought the Staal line was great,” Brind’Amour said. “Just every shift, they were all over it.”
Staal said the trio relies on consistency to set a tone for the rest of the team.
“Obviously we’re not elite scorers on our line, but we’re trying to create offense the right way and give them nothing,” Staal said.
Sanheim, however, got the equalizer late. Jarvis and the Hurricanes still got the last laugh — with the help of video review.
“We get a second chance,” he said, “and that doesn’t happen often.”
Notes: Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov missed his second straight game to start the season. … Jaccob Slavin did not play in part of the third period and overtime, seemingly favoring his right knee. Brind’Amour said the team would know more on his status Monday. … Alexander Nikishin recorded an assist, his second in as many games after making his regular season debut Thursday. … K’Andre Miller played a team-high 25:56.
