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The Philadelphia Flyers, down 2-0 in their playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, hope to leverage home advantage in Game 3. Despite being underdogs, the Flyers aim to improve after a tough overtime loss in Game 2.

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The Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games, marking their first playoff appearance since 2020.
Noah Cates, who scored 18 goals this season, is out for the rest of the series, which weakens the Flyers' offensive lineup.
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Flyers forward Noah Cates was ruled out for the series on Wednesday after he was injured in Game 2. Cates had a career-high 18 goals and 47 points in 82 games this season and has added a goal and four points in the playoffs.
The Hurricanes are 6-0 in the postseason and didn’t trail at any point in the first five wins. Yet coach Rod Brind’Amour doesn’t have to look hard for areas that need improvement, such as a power play that hasn’t produced anywhere near like it did in the regular season and a largely quiet start from the top line of Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis and Andrei Svechnikov. Carolina is 12th among 16 teams in the postseason on the power play. The Hurricanes were fourth in the regular season at 24.9%. “I think it’s just executing our plays,” Jarvis said. “I think sometimes you have a play, you run it, and then we have a tendency to kind of go a little wild and start moving a little too much. So just kind of getting back to what made us successful in the regular season, which was playing our positions.” Jarvis broke through for his first postseason goal in Game 2, coming after Brind’Amour shuffled the lines to pair him with Nikolaj Ehlers and captain Jordan Staal. Brind’Amour has also lamented the number of penalties his team is taking, leading to seven power plays for the Flyers in Game 2. “I think there’s another level we’re going to have to get to,” Brind’Amour said, “and it’s there for us.” \\\_ AP Sports Writer Aaron Beard in Raleigh, North Carolina, contributed to this story. \\\_ AP NHL: and