Carolina Hurricanes vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Xfinity Mobile Arena

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 40–18

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Recap

Gostisbehere and Aho power Hurricanes past Flyers in overtime

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime on Saturday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Carolina outshot Philadelphia 40-18 and needed Shayne Gostisbehere's power-play winner at 2:51 of the extra frame to settle it after coming back from a 1 goal deficit.

Sebastian Aho scored at 0:10 of the first period, but Owen Tippett answered for the Flyers and Matvei Michkov put Philadelphia ahead in the second. Aho forced overtime with another power-play goal in the third, his second of the night and third of the season, before Gostisbehere ended it with his first.

Aho finished with 2 goals and an assist, and Andrei Svechnikov added 2 assists. Joseph Woll made 37 saves on 40 shots in the Flyers net, while Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 16 of 18 for the win. The Flyers fell to 0-1-2, their second straight overtime or shootout loss, while Carolina improved to 1-1-1.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CAR	1	0	1	1	3	40
PHI	1	1	0	0	2	18

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Sebastian Aho (2)William Carrier (2), Andrei Svechnikov (2)1–000:10 CAR
Owen Tippett (1)Trevor Zegras (1)Svechnikov 1:06 into shift1–108:03 PHI

2nd period

Matvei Michkov (1)Travis Konecny (2), Christian Dvorak (1)1–207:20 PHI

3rd period

Sebastian Aho (3)Nikolaj Ehlers (1), Andrei Svechnikov (3)2–204:59 CAR · PPG

OT period

Shayne Gostisbehere (1)Jackson Blake (2), Sebastian Aho (1)Sanheim 2:12 into shift3–202:51 CAR · PPG

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:12

3–2 · OT 2:51 · Gostisbehere. Sanheim was 2:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCAR on icePHI on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CAR

1st 0:10 · Aho

Ristolainen 0:10

Fresh legsRistolainen 0:10

1–1 PHI

1st 8:03 · Tippett

Long shift: Svechnikov 1:06

Long shiftSvechnikov 1:06

1–2 PHI

2nd 7:20 · Michkov

Reilly 0:43

NormalReilly 0:43

2–2 CAR

3rd 4:59 · PP · Aho

Seeler 0:46

NormalSeeler 0:46

3–2 CAR

OT 2:51 · PP · Gostisbehere

Stuck out there: Sanheim 2:12

Stuck out thereSanheim 2:12

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CARPHI

40Shots on goal18

51%Faceoff %49%

2/4Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes8

13Hits29

14Blocked shots17

20Giveaways14

4Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 12:21Jesperi Kotkaniemi · holding2 min
1st 13:31Travis Konecny · hooking2 min
1st 18:54Sebastian Aho · slashing2 min
2nd 12:48Nick Seeler · hooking2 min
3rd 03:45Matvei Michkov · holding2 min
3rd 08:01Jalen Chatfield · roughing2 min
3rd 18:34Shayne Gostisbehere · slashing2 min
OT 01:35Owen Tippett · slashing2 min

Season series

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

20Sebastian AhoC	2	1	3	0	6	0	0	2	67	20:30
37Andrei SvechnikovR	0	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	–	17:50
27Nikolaj EhlersL	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:38
28William CarrierL	0	1	1	0	2	4	1	0	–	12:49
53Jackson BlakeR	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:43
4Shayne GostisbehereD	1	0	1	-1	4	0	1	2	–	15:39
11Jordan StaalC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	52	16:35
22Logan StankovenC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	25	17:10
48Jordan MartinookL	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	100	15:16
50Eric RobinsonL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	11:44
71Taylor HallL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:30
77Mark JankowskiL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	12:01
82Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	11:19
5Jalen ChatfieldD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	–	22:50
6Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	10:36
19K'Andre MillerD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	–	23:17
26Sean WalkerD	0	0	0	-1	4	0	3	0	–	24:10
74Jaccob SlavinD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	4	0	–	24:47

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Brandon BussiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
52Pyotr KochetkovG	W	18	16	2	.889	62:51

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

11Travis KonecnyR	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	100	16:08
22Christian DvorakC	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	70	14:29
39Matvei MichkovR	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	–	16:08
46Trevor ZegrasC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	29	22:53
74Owen TippettR	1	0	1	+1	3	3	1	2	–	17:47
14Sean CouturierC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	15:58
20Alex BumpL	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	13:27
27Noah CatesL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	09:13
52Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	43	15:53
71Tyson FoersterR	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	18:43
91Carl GrundstromR	0	0	0	+1	1	5	1	0	–	13:45
94Porter MartoneR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:02
5David JiricekD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	13:10
6Travis SanheimD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	27:05
8Cam YorkD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	22:10
9Jamie DrysdaleD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	24:33
24Nick SeelerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	18:07
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	14:26

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
53Joseph WollG	O	40	37	3	.925	62:48
80Dan VladarG		0	0	0	–	00:00