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Ranking every matchup the Carolina Hurricanes would’ve had in the 2018 playoffs

ByAndrew Miller|
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 30: Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates in front of Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals after scoring a third period goal at Capital One Arena on March 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 30: Sebastian Aho #20 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates in front of Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals after scoring a third period goal at Capital One Arena on March 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 05: Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers battles for the puck on a scoring attempt against Scott Darling #33 and Elias Lindholm #28 of the Carolina Hurricanes on April 5, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA – APRIL 05: Sean Couturier #14 of the Philadelphia Flyers battles for the puck on a scoring attempt against Scott Darling #33 and Elias Lindholm #28 of the Carolina Hurricanes on April 5, 2018 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Len Redkoles/NHLI via Getty Images)

8. Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season points: 98

Seed: 3rd in Metro

The Canes wrapped up the regular season with a 2-2-1 record in five games played against the Philadelphia Flyers. Carolina and Philly were in roughly the same position entering the turn of the calendar year from 2017 to 2018.

However, the Flyers went on a great run in the final months of the regular season, with a significant amount of overtime and shootout losses powering them into the top three of the final Metro standings. And, the Flyers were one of numerous teams under threat of missing the playoffs due to a mad dash in the last two months from Florida.

With the way the Flyers have looked through two of their first three playoff games, giving up way over 10 goals in two losses, gives hope that the Canes would take them down too. Even though this is all to the imagination, Philly would make for a good matchup in favor of the Canes.

It was a very even regular season matchup, and the Flyers have a similar issue to the Canes in terms of both goaltending situations. Brian Elliott has been up and down for the Flyers this season, as was Scott Darling and Cam Ward. Stopping Flyers captain Claude Giroux is the main task that the Canes would have to deal with here.

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