Hurricanes Sweep Flyers, Stay Unbeaten in Playoffs

Carolina slammed the door on Philadelphia and kept its postseason surge alive with another tight win.

The Hurricanes beat the Flyers 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, completing a four-game sweep and improving to 8-0 in the playoffs. Jackson Blake scored 5:28 into overtime, sealing the game with his second goal of the night and sending Carolina into the next round without a loss so far this postseason.

Carolina didn’t just survive a close game — it finished the series with the same ruthless efficiency that has defined its playoff run.

The result sharpened the picture of a team that has found ways to win in different situations. Carolina closed out the series in extra time, held steady under pressure, and once again got a decisive moment from a player already making a major mark on the game. Reports indicate the Hurricanes have paired scoring depth with composure late in games, a combination that now makes them one of the postseason’s clearest threats.

For Philadelphia, the loss ended a series in which the margin stayed narrow but the outcome never shifted. The Flyers pushed Carolina into another close contest, yet they could not break the pattern of the matchup. Carolina kept answering, kept controlling key moments, and kept moving forward while the Flyers ran out of room to recover.

Now the focus turns to whether anyone can slow a Hurricanes team that has not blinked through eight postseason games. That unbeaten start matters because it gives Carolina more than momentum — it gives the club a growing sense of control at the exact point in the playoffs when pressure usually starts to crack even strong teams.