Hurricanes Send Flyers to Record Seventh Straight Loss

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Sunday, extending a winning streak to five games while the Flyers fell to 0-5-2 and set a franchise record with a seventh straight loss to open the season, Carolina improved to 5-1-1 after starting 0-2. Andrei Svechnikov scored his fourth goal at 10:16 of the second after an Oliver Bonk turnover and Sean Walker feed. Sebastian Aho then passed through Bonk to Shayne Gostisbehere for 2-0; both of Gostisbehere's goals this season came against Philadelphia. Christian Dvorak tipped a Nick Seeler shot for the Flyers' only goal. Svechnikov stripped Owen Tippett, setting up William Carrier to Aho for Aho's sixth goal, tying the league lead as Aho reached 11 points. Mark Jankowski scored with 4:51 left, his fourth goal in four straight games. Captain Jordan Staal missed the game with a lower-body injury. Carolina outshot Philadelphia 30-19, and Pyotr Kochetkov made 18 of 19 saves to go 3-0-0. Carolina hosts Washington and Philadelphia hosts Seattle next.