Hurricanes edge Flyers, sweep home-and-home in shootout

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brandon Bussi made 24 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes, who swept a home-and-home series against the Philadelphia Flyers with a 3-2 shootout win at Lenovo Center on Sunday.

Bussi has won nine straight starts and is 11-1-0 with a 2.05 goals-against average and .911 save percentage this season.

“I just try to bring my best every game,” Bussi said. “I feel good right now, I feel confident. I feel like if I see the puck I have a good chance to stop it, but our team made some great plays in front.”

Andrei Svechnikov roofed a backhand in the second round of the shootout, and William Carrier and Taylor Hall scored in regulation for the Hurricanes (21-9-2), who have won four in a row, including 4-3 in shootout at Philadelphia on Saturday.

“I just went from the left side and tried to make (goalie Dan Vladar) move first,” Svechnikov said. “Sometimes it could slide down (the stick), so it’s 50-50 sometimes. But I wouldn’t say it’s super hard.”

Jamie Drysdale scored, and Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist for the Flyers (16-9-6), who have lost three in a row for the first time this season (0-0-3). Vladar made 30 saves.

“We hung in,” Philadelphia coach Rick Tocchet said. “We had a bunch of kills. I think we had six penalties. That’s tough. Once we started getting our legs, then we got some opportunities.”

Carrier gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead at 5:44 of the first period, gathering a loose puck in the slot and scoring on a wrist shot through traffic.

Hall made it 2-0 at 15:53, redirecting Alexander Nikishin's one-timer between his legs for a power-play goal.

“I thought we had a really good two periods, we just didn’t get enough lead,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I thought in the third period especially, [Bussi] made countless timely saves, and obviously in the shootout. That’s pretty impressive.”

Drysdale cut it to 2-1 at 19:07 of the first when his shot from the left point deflected in off the shaft of Carrier’s stick.

“This team never gives up,” Drysdale said. “Down one or two, we know we always have a fighting chance. We come in the room, we chat, we talk through it. We know we can be better.”

Philadelphia tied it 2-2 at 18:08 of the third period. Travis Konecny drew Bussi out to the left post before passing across the slot to Zegras, who one-timed a shot into the open net from the right circle.

“It’s a tough back-to-back, having a 5 p.m. game,” Zegras said. “I think (the key) was just finding the groove.”

Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin returned to the lineup after missing 29 games with a lower-body injury. He had three blocked shots in 14:31 of ice time.

“It’s good to be back out there playing,” Slavin said. “My style is not very flashy, so it’s pretty easy. But (I had) a couple missed clears on the PK there, so I’m knocking off some rust for sure. Our system makes it really easy. Guys are helping out all over the ice.”

NOTES: Philadelphia defenseman Cam York had four blocked shots in 24:39 of ice time in his return after missing four games with an upper-body injury. ... The Flyers were 0-for-4 on the power play and are 0-for-10 in their past five games.