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The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 in their playoff semifinal opener, with Logan Stankoven scoring twice and Frederik Andersen achieving a shutout.
Logan Stankoven scored twice and goaltender Frederik Andersen collected his second shutout of this year's playoffs as the host Carolina Hurricanes opened their playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 3-0 victory on Saturday in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Jackson Blake scored once and added an assist for the Hurricanes, who followed a first-round sweep of the Ottawa Senators with a decisive victory to kick off the Eastern Conference best-of-seven semifinal series.
Philadelphia Flyers center Sean Couturier (14) battle Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere (4) and defenseman Jalen Chatfield (5) during the second period at Lenovo Center.
Andersen made 19 saves for his seventh career playoff shutout.
Mike Reilly collected a pair of assists.
Dan Vladar stopped 20 shots for the Flyers, who will attempt to regroup when the series resumes Monday in Raleigh.
The Hurricanes, who finished atop the Eastern Conference standings in the regular season, are yet to trail in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs and continued that trend thanks to their hottest player.
The Carolina Hurricanes won the game 3-0 against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Logan Stankoven scored twice and Jackson Blake added one goal for the Hurricanes.
Frederik Andersen made 19 saves during the game.
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Stankoven tallied for the fifth consecutive game to open the scoring only 91 seconds into the clash. Reilly fired a point shot that Stankoven deflected into the net. Stankoven, 23, is the youngest player in history to score goals in five consecutive games to open the playoffs.
Stankoven has scored first in four of Carolina's five playoff outings.
Blake doubled the lead six minutes later with a highlight-reel worthy tally. He zipped around the defenders before tucking home the puck for his second tally of the playoffs.
The Flyers had managed only one shot on goal at that point.
Stankoven gave the Hurricanes a three-goal edge late in the second period. After a turnover, Seth Jarvis fed a pass to Stankoven in the slot and he immediately buried the chance with 3:44 remaining in the middle frame.
From there, the Hurricanes cruised to victory, amidst a string of message- sending infractions by the Flyers and retaliatory actions from Carolina's skaters.
After a handful of players were sent to the dressing room with misconducts just past the midway point of the final frame, things quieted.
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Canes keep rolling, blank Flyers to open semifinal series