Hurricanes’ Frederik Andersen joins ultra-rare goalie club vs. Flyers

The Carolina Hurricanes moved within one win of another playoff sweep with a 4-1 Game 3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. The win came after Jordan Staal and Andrei Svechnikov both scored on the power play, with Jalen Chatfield and Nikolaj Ehlers also scoring.

However, much of the credit also goes to goaltender Frederik Andersen, who ended up joining some elite company due to the win. Andersen stopped 18 of 19 shots, extending his playoff record this year to 7-0 and tying Cam Ward’s 2006 franchise mark for the longest postseason winning streak by a Hurricanes goaltender.

Frederik Andersen became the 12th goaltender in NHL history and third in the last 30 years to begin a #StanleyCup Playoffs on a seven-game winning streak, joining Igor Shesterkin (7 GP in 2024) and Marc-Andre Fleury (7 GP in 2008).#NHLStats: https://t.co/WlmSW2QWtA pic.twitter.com/eLPbnC50sJ

— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) May 8, 2026

Andersen also became just the 12th goalie in NHL history to begin a Stanley Cup Playoff run with seven consecutive wins and only the third to do it in the last 30 years, joining Igor Shesterkin in 2024 and Marc-Andre Fleury in 2008, per a post on X by NHL Public Relations. The 36-year-old has now won nine straight games overall dating back to the regular season.

Andersen has allowed one goal or fewer in four of his seven playoff starts, a major reason the Hurricanes remain unbeaten this postseason at 7-0. Even when Philadelphia generated early chances in Game 3, Andersen shut the door.

Travis Konecny was denied on a clean opportunity early in the game, and rookie Porter Martone rang a shot off the post moments later. Philadelphia’s inability to capitalize on those sequences eventually became impossible to return from.

The Hurricanes finished 2-for-7 on the power play and added the short-handed tally, while the Flyers went 0-for-5 with the man advantage. Philadelphia entered the postseason after finishing last in NHL power-play efficiency during the regular season at 15.7%, a trend that has continued. The Flyers dropped to 1-for-12 in this series and 3-for-29 overall in the postseason.

Only four teams in NHL history have recovered from a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series: the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, 1980 New York Islanders, 2010 Flyers and 2014 Los Angeles Kings.

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