Flyers in 3-0 hole vs. Canes as penalties, power play costly - ESPN

PHILADELPHIA — The Flyers were frustrated by the officiating, the Hurricanes' penalty kill and their own mistakes in a Game 3 loss Thursday night.

But most frustrating for them is that they're one loss from being swept out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

«We're not going to quit,» center Christian Dvorak said after Carolina took a 3-0 series lead with a 4-1 win. "[People] thought we were dead at the Olympic break, and we fought our way into the playoffs. I know we're not going to quit here."

The Hurricanes improved to 7-0 in the playoffs, having swept the Ottawa Senators in the first round.

«The fourth one is the hardest one to win; no one wants to go home,» said Carolina captain Jordan Staal, who scored the opening goal and assisted on the winner Thursday night. «It's going to be a brand-new challenge, a brand-new start. We're going to have to find ways to win the game, and it might look a little different than the first three.»

If the Flyers are to rally in this series, they'll need to find levels of discipline and execution they couldn't attain at home in Game 3. Philadelphia had 38 penalty minutes and 14 minor penalties. Dvorak and defenseman Jamie Drysdale had three minor penalties each.

Many of the calls were retaliatory or failed attempts to rattle the Hurricanes — such as when Travis Konecny earned 14 penalty minutes in the third period while attempting to rough up Carolina defenseman K'Andre Miller, who smiled through the attack.

«That's a lot of penalties,» said Flyers coach Rick Tocchet, who declined to critique the officials' performance in Game 3. «We've just got to understand that when you're in a scrum and you take a punch in the mouth, just don't do anything. Just take the power play.»

Tocchet said his