
1st Period Takeaways
Scoring
The Carolina Hurricanes flew out of the gates against the Philadelphia Flyers last night. Warren Foegele opened up the scoring midway through the first period, followed by Justin Faulk 2 minutes and 29 seconds later. Shortly thereafter, Oskar Lindblom beat Curtis McElhinney to cut the deficit in half. Teuvo Teravainen answered the phone within minutes, propelling the Hurricanes to a 3-1 lead heading into the second period.
Flyers’ Defense
The Philadelphia Flyers ran with a 7-defensemen lineup tonight, but still struggled to defend in their own zone. Flyers’ rookie netminder Carter Hart seemed to be rattled early on by a few loose-puck chances on his doorstep, but would redeem his shoddy early-game play by following up with a tremendous 2nd and 3rd period performance.
Turbo made them pay! pic.twitter.com/k6UoLUOlOf
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) April 7, 2019
Hurricanes’ Defense
The Carolina Hurricanes had a few defensive missteps in the 1st period, one of which led to Oskar Lindblom’s backhand goal against McElhinney in the latter stages of the first period. Lindblom was relatively untouched in front of McElhinney as he shifted the puck to his backhand to lift it over McElhinney’s left shoulder. This would kickstart a potential comeback by the Flyers in the 2nd and 3rd periods.