3. Discipline
In the past two games, the Flyers have been short-handed 15 times and the Hurricanes have been short-handed 12 times. Neither team wants to be in the penalty box that often, but it was particularly costly for the Flyers in Game 3 when the Hurricanes went 2-for-9 on the power play and scored short-handed.
“We just can’t take eight or nine penalties,” Tocchet said. “You know, it’s the flow of the game. I thought for the most part, other than Game 1, the 5-on-5, we’ve been pretty good against this team. It’s just the other parts of the game, even the 4-on-4 stuff. They’re better at that stuff, than us. So, we just got to play our game, and that’s more discipline.”
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook
William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield
K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker
Shayne Gostisbehere — Alexander Nikishin
Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi
Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mike Reilly, Pyotr Kochetkov
Injured: None
Flyers projected lineup
Alex Bump — Trevor Zegras — Porter Martone
Tyson Foerster — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny
Carl Grundstrom — Denver Barkey — Matvei Michkov
Luke Glendening — Sean Couturier — Garnett Hathaway
Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen
Cam York — Jamie Drysdale
Nick Seeler — Emil Andrae
Dan Vladar
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Garrett Wilson, Noah Juulsen, Jett Luchanko, Oliver Bonk, David Jiricek, Carson Bjarnason, Helge Grans, Hunter McDonald, Oscar Eklind, Jacob Gaucher
Injured: Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Owen Tippett (undisclosed), Noah Cates (lower body)
Status report
The Hurricanes will not hold a morning skate. … The Hurricanes are not expected to change their lineup following their 4-1 win in Game 3. … The Flyers held an optional practice Friday and an optional morning skate. Tippett took part in both, but the forward will miss his fourth straight game in the series.
