Canes Quietly Dominate Flyers in Game 1, Set the Series Tone
TL;DR
Carolina opened the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 3-0 shutout of Philadelphia, jumping ahead early and building a lead that the Flyers couldn’t overcome, aided by rest from their Ottawa series and a dominant start in the first two periods, signaling a potentially lopsided series even as playoff unpredictability lingers.
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