It’s deja vu: the Philadelphia Flyers fall short vs. the Carolina Hurricanes for the second time in as many days. This time, it was a 3-2 loss in Carolina.

With the loss, the Flyers’ record dropped to 16-9-6 for the season.

It was one of the weirdest hockey games I have watched in a little while. Carolina dominated for most of the game. The Flyers adjusted in the third and made it much more competitive.

Carolina jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but the Flyers were able to get one back with a funky goal by Jamie Drysdale (3), tipped in off the stick of a defender. It was almost tied moments later with Brandon Bussi out of his net, the Hurricanes’ defense was able to keep the puck from crossing.

Neither team scored in the second period, with Philadelphia slowly crawling back into the game. Eventually, with time winding down, Trevor Zegras (13) forced overtime. So, for the third time in the three meetings between these two teams, the game went into overtime.

The Flyers had to kill off a penalty, as Bobby Brink was questionably called for a trip. However, they killed it successfully. They’d have their chances in the extra period, but for the second game in a row, the Flyers and Hurricanes were destined for a shootout.

Just like the day before, only one goal was scored, and it was by Carolina. Andrei Svechnikov buried the only goal of the shootout, sealing the 3-2 win for Carolina.

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5 Observations from Flyers @ Hurricanes

1. The Flyers are comeback kids. If there is any good to take from the game, it’s that the Flyers are never out of the game. That was on display Sunday night. Carolina was dominant to open the game and applied heavy pressure. Despite that, the Flyers never backed down and kept fighting, and eventually forced overtime.

2. A big part of the comeback: the performance of Dan Vladar. Against one of the best teams in the league, Vladar stopped 30 of 32 shots, not allowing anything past him in the final 44 minutes of regulation. Goaltending has played a pivotal part in the team’s success this season. Vladar put the Flyers in a position to win, but they just could not find the goals.

3. Trevor Zegras extended his goals streak to three straight games. Zegras tallied a goal and an assist on Sunday, the same statline from the first meeting in the home-and-home. He also scored in Thursday’s loss to Vegas.

4. The power play has been pretty much a momentum killer lately. Head coach Rick Tocchet is trying all sorts of different combinations. No matter what he does, it seems as if shooting the puck is a foreign concept. Philly had four 5v4 chances in the game and totaled three shots. They were able to create some chaos on the man-advantage, so I guess you can call it a step in the right direction.

5. We’ll end it on one last positive. The Hurricanes are a strong and fast team. They put a lot of pressure on their opponents. Carolina plays a fast and aggressive brand of hockey. Oftentimes, that leads to teams playing conservatively and sitting back. The Flyers did that at the beginning of the game. However, you could see that once the Flyers adjusted in the third period, they began to match that. When the Flyers matched the intensity, they were able to generate much more offense, and eventually, played themselves back into the game.

What’s next

Sunday’s game was the first of four games on the road. Next, the Flyers head to Montreal to take on the Canadiens at the Bell Centre on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. EST.

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