RALEIGH, N.C. ― During the regular season, an announcement that the Flyers were going on the power play was met with more apathy than excitement. The Flyers had the league’s worst power-play efficiency (15.

The SportsLine Projection Model has revealed its best bets for Game 3 on Thursday as Philadelphia hosts Carolina

It was another one of those nights for the Flyers, who now find themselves with their backs against the wall after a 4-1 loss to Carolina at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Thursday night, leaving them in an almost impossible 0-3 hole in this best-of-seven playoff series.

What you should knowThe Flyers are back in South Philly taking on the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of their playoff series Thursday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena.The Flyers are down 0-2 against the Hurricanes and will be without Noah Cates for the rest of the series.

The Flyers beat the Penguins 5-2 in Game 3 of their best-of-seven first-round series Wednesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena to take a commanding 3-0 series lead.

The Canes put the game out of reach with two third-period goals in a span of four minutes, including Andrei Svechnikov's first tally of the playoffs and a breakaway score from Nikolaj Ehlers. The Flyers will be playing with their season on the line when the puck drops for Game 4 on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET in Philadelphia.

Noah Cates' overtime goal itself was decisive. The wait for it was anything but. For several long minutes at the end of overtime, the Philadelphia Flyers stood in a familiar but uncomfortable space—not quite celebrating, not quite uncertain, watching ...

Carolina has registered 18 more shot attempts and just two more shots on goal than the Flyers at 5-on-5 in this series, and the expected goals battle currently stands at 4.2 to 3.5 in the Canes’ favor. The goaltending edge goes to Carolina thanks to Frederik Andersen’s brilliance, but Dan Vladar has held his own for the Flyers, too.