PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday night, with the first of back-to-back games against the Philadelphia Flyers on the line, Rod Brind’Amour and Jeff Daniels called Jackson Blake’s number in the fourth round of the shootout.

The two just had a feeling it was the right call, despite the 22-year old being 0-for-3 in his young career in shootouts before Saturday.

The decision ended up being the right one, with Blake finding the back of the net on a beautiful backhand-to-forehand deke. It was a move that Seth Jarvis said after the game only a couple of guys could pull off.

“To get that one feels pretty good,” Blake said. “I think maybe got a little lucky with getting him to bite there, but happy it went in and happy we got the win off that.”

Blake made his presence known all night as a key component of the Hurricanes’ second line that consistently generated offensive pressure. The Canes leaned on the combination of Blake, Nikolaj Ehlers and Logan Stankoven to get the offense rolling in the 4-3 shootout win over the Flyers on Saturday.

“That was the best line for us,” Brind’Amour said after the win. “We were a little flat and then they came out and got the goal. And really all night they were all around, generating some good looks.”

After going down 2-0 in the first period, the Canes knew they had to show more fight in the second. According to Brind’Amour, it was the little things in the opening period that plagued them.

The Hurricanes fixed those issues coming out of the break, led by the second line. Shayne Gostisbehere found Ehlers who buried the shot for Carolina’s first of the night nine minutes into the second.

“To battle back like that was huge,” Jarvis said.

From there, the entire team began to pick up the play. And every time the second line was on the ice, it seemed like they were producing good looks and sustaining offensive zone time.

While Ehlers was the only one to record a point of the three, they combined for seven of the team’s 21 shots — Ehlers had two, Blake had two and Stankoven had three. It should be only a matter of time until the points start piling up.

It’s also a good sign that the Canes were able to mount a comeback without the first line of Jarvis, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov doing all the work on offense. Carolina’s depth performed well and stepped up, and it looks like the second line poses a real problem for opponents.

While the Canes may not have envisioned before the year that their prized, $8.5 million AAV free-agent pickup would be on the second line, Ehlers has started to flourish next to the young guys in Blake and Stankoven. After not having a goal in the first 11 games this season, the former Winnipeg Jet has tallied eight in the last 20, including one in each of the past two. Utilizing and getting the most out of Ehlers on that second line opens up a lot and takes pressure off of Jarvis, Aho and Svechnikov.

After Saturday, a little over 33 percent of the team’s goals have come from the three guys on the top line while the second line has produced a little over 21 percent of the scoring.

Closing that gap a little bit and having a true 1-2 punch will do wonders for the Canes who are looking to get over the hump come playoff time.