RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored in the shootout and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Sunday.
William Carrier and Taylor Hall scored in regulation for the Hurricanes, who have won four straight — three in a shootout. Brandon Bussi made 24 saves — all in regulation — for his ninth straight win, matching a franchise record.
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Carolina Hurricanes' Seth Jarvis (24) and Philadelphia Flyers' Rodrigo Abols (18) chase the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Philadelphia Flyers' Owen Tippett (74) sends the puck down the ice ahead of Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers, center, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jaccob Slavin watches the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) jumps over a shot by teammate William Carrier (28) for a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Sanheim (6) handles the puck ahead of Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Trevor Zegras and Jamie Drysdale scored in regulation for Philadelphia and Dan Vladar stopped 31 shots.
Svechnikov was the only skater to score in the shootout, with Bussi stopping all three attempts by the Flyers.
Carolina outshot Philadelphia 3-0 in the overtime period.
Zegras scored with 1:52 left in regulation to tie the score 2-2. Travis Konecny found Zegras alone at the far post after Bussi couldn't control a rebound with Philadelphia pressing with an extra skater.
The Flyers have had hard luck against Carolina this season, losing all three matchups in shootouts, including a 4-3 defeat in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Carrier gave Carolina a 1-0 lead at 5:44 in the first period when he beat Vladar to the glove side, thanks to a perfectly-timed screen from Jordan Martinook.
Getting the first goal has been a good sign for the Hurricanes this season. They improved to 14-2-0 when scoring first.
The Hurricanes made it 2-0 on Hall’s power-play goal with 4:07 left in the first. Hall has three points in the past four games. Defenseman Alexander Nikishin picked up an assist on Hall’s goal and leads all rookies in plus/minus this season at plus-11.
Bussi improved to 11-1 in his rookie season, becoming the first goaltender in NHL history to win 11 of his first 12 starts. The Hurricanes claimed the 27-year-old rookie on waivers on Oct. 5 and he made his first NHL start in a 5-1 win over San Jose on Oct. 14.
Drysdale scored with 52.4 seconds left in the first with assists from Zegras and Matvei Michkov.
The Hurricanes’ defense was bolstered by the return of Jaccob Slavin, who had missed the previous 29 games with a lower-body injury.
Flyers: At Montreal on Tuesday night.
Hurricanes: At Nashville on Wednesday night.
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Carolina Hurricanes' Seth Jarvis (24) and Philadelphia Flyers' Rodrigo Abols (18) chase the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Philadelphia Flyers' Owen Tippett (74) sends the puck down the ice ahead of Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers, center, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jaccob Slavin watches the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) jumps over a shot by teammate William Carrier (28) for a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Sanheim (6) handles the puck ahead of Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
The first-ever World team for the NBA All-Star Game is already looking loaded. And the fate of LeBron James' record streak of All-Star selections will now be decided by coaches, or perhaps even Commissioner Adam Silver.
Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver's Nikola Jokic, the Los Angeles Lakers' Luka Doncic and San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama were among those announced Monday as starters — an inexact term this year — for next month's All-Star Game at the Los Angeles Clippers' home arena in Inglewood, California. They're likely heading to the World team, which will take on two teams of U.S. players as part of yet another new format for the midseason showcase.
The NBA announced 10 starters, five from each conference. Golden State's Stephen Curry, New York's Jalen Brunson, Detroit's Cade Cunningham, Philadelphia's Tyrese Maxey and Boston's Jaylen Brown all are presumably headed to the U.S. squads that will play in the three-team, round-robin tournament on Feb. 15 — all 12-minute mini-games, with the top two teams advancing to a 12-minute championship game.
“It’s still as special as the first one was, honestly," Gilgeous-Alexander said of the All-Star nod. "I grew up watching All-Star games as a kid, dreaming about playing in them. To be able to play in them will always have that same feeling. All the players that I looked up to, that I imitated my game after, played in those games, played on that stage. And for me to be able do so, it’s a blessing and an honor.”
Starters were selected through a weighted formula, with fan voting counting for 50% of a player’s ranking, the votes of a 100-member panel of broadcasters and reporters counting for 25% and voting by NBA players themselves counting for the remaining 25%.
Doncic got the most fan votes with about 3.4 million, with Antetokounmpo next at around 3.2 million. Wembanyama and Minnesota's Anthony Edwards tied for the fifth Western Conference starter spot; the nod went to Wembanyama because he had the edge over Edwards in fan voting.
The U.S. vs. the World concept was talked about for years before finally becoming a reality this season. The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association unveiled the long-awaited plan earlier this season, after trying yet again to figure out the latest way to spark renewed interest in the game.
It seemed like the right time to try a game with national pride at stake, given that it'll happen this year around the midway point of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The NBA's All-Star events, like the Olympics in the U.S., will all be broadcast on NBC’s family of networks.
There will be three teams of at least eight players. Games will be one standard NBA quarter, or 12 minutes long.
Team A will play Team B in Game 1. The winner of that game will play Team C in Game 2. The loser of Game 1 will play Team C in Game 3.
The teams with the best two records will play in the championship game. If all three teams are 1-1, point differential would be the tiebreaker.
The league typically has 10 starters picked by the weighted formula voting, then 14 reserves by the coaches, and that’s also the case this year.
It’s just different.
In a standard All-Star Game — two teams, 12 players per side — the old voting formula works out perfectly. But this is three teams, with eight players per side. That means at least 15 players will “start” a game in the All-Star tournament.
Therefore, it’s guaranteed that some players who weren’t announced as starters Monday will be starting on Feb. 15.
And it is possible that some rosters may have more than eight players, if the NBA needs to keep adding in order to get to 16 on the U.S. side or eight on the World side.
James, for the first time in 22 years, wasn't among the group selected as a starter.
His record run of 20 consecutive All-Star Game appearances — not selections, that streak continued — ended last season when he bowed out of another mini-tournament format citing foot and ankle injuries. He could still make it as a reserve, with those 14 spots to be decided by a polling of NBA head coaches.
And he also could get an invite as an injury replacement if one is needed, with Silver picking those players when necessary.
James is in his record-setting 23rd season. His record streak of 1,297 consecutive regular-season games with at least 10 points ended in December, and he has already missed 17 games — meaning he'll probably have to play in every Lakers game for the rest of the season to be eligible for most postseason awards like All-NBA honors. James has been an All-NBA selection in 21 of his first 22 seasons, including a second-teamer last season.
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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Joan Beringer (19) is blocked by San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) as he drives to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) gestures after scoring against the Charlotte Hornets during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors guard Ochai Agbaji (30) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
