Hurricanes send Flyers to franchise-record 7th straight loss to open season

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho each had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat Philadelphia 4-1 on Sunday night, handing the Flyers their franchise-record seventh straight loss to open the season.

The Flyers dropped to 0-5-2, breaking the record set by the 1999-00 team and matched by the 2008-09 squad. Both of those teams rebounded to make the playoffs.

Carolina earned at least a point in its 12th straight game in Philadelphia. The defending champion Hurricanes have won five in a row after dropping their first two.

Flyers rookie defenseman Oliver Bonk had a rough second period in his season debut and was a factor in three Carolina goals.

Svecnhikov scored his fourth goal of the season at 10:16 of the second period to open the scoring. Bonk turned it over to former Flyer Sean Walker at the blue line, and Walker fed Svechnikov, who skated into the slot and snapped a wrister past goalie Joseph Woll.

Aho fed a pass through Bonk, who turned around at the side of his own net, to another former Flyer, Shayne Gostisbehere, who banged home his second goal of the season to make it 2-0. Both of Gostisbehere's goals this season have come against his former team.

Aho later netted his sixth goal of the season on a pass from William Carrier. Svechnikov stripped Own Tippett in the neutral zone and fed Carrier, who blew past Bonk and slid the pass to Aho, who had an open net to shoot and score the Hurricanes' third goal.

Mark Jankowski added his fourth goal of the season with 4:51 left in the third period.

Christian Dvorak scored for Philadelphia.

Hurricanes: Host Washington on Tuesday night.

Flyers: Host Seattle on Tuesday night.

Philadelphia Flyers' David Jiricek (5) collides with Carolina Hurricanes' Nikolaj Ehlers (27) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook, left, punches Philadelphia Flyers' Tyson Foerster during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Carolina Hurricanes' Andrei Svechnikov, center, and Logan Stankoven, right, celebrate past Philadelphia Flyers' Matvei Michkov after Svechnikov's goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Philadelphia Flyers' Rick Tocchet watches during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Carolina Hurricanes Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Carolina Hurricanes' Sebastian Aho (20) tries to get the puck past Philadelphia Flyers' Simon Benoit (44) and Joseph Woll (53) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

SEATTLE (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected after head-butting Seattle's Ernest Jones IV after he delivered a late hit on the Seahawks sideline.

The infraction came in the second quarter on Sunday, when Sam Darnold scrambled and was hit late by Greenlaw after going out of bounds, leading to a personal foul in a game San Francisco went on to win 32-29.

“You’re going to get baited big time when, especially when you’re on their bench,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “They told me that he had butted a guy without a helmet. So if that’s exactly what happened, then yeah, we got to be a lot smarter than that. Can’t do that.”

Several Seahawks defenders immediately confronted Greenlaw after the hit and Greenlaw responded by head-butting Jones, who wasn't wearing a helmet. Jones was bleeding after the hit and Greenlaw was ejected.

“In the moment, I’m mad that I’m not closer to try to help him out,” teammate Fred Warner said. “I tried to get there as fast as I could. I was too far away. He’s helpless in that situation. He’s all by himself on their sideline. Of course, they’re trying to gang up on him and good on them for baiting them into doing something. But we know we got to be smart in all those situations. I thought Dre tried for the most part, but it’s just an unfortunate situation.”

The call for an ejection was made from the officiating center in New York, with league vice president of instant replay Mark Butterworth saying in a pool report that executive Troy Vincent made the ultimate call. A rule change this year allows for the replay center to eject a player even when a flag wasn't thrown on the play but that didn't come into play on this call because of the late hit.

Greenlaw has been ejected at least two other times in his career. He had a sideline altercation with Philadelphia's head of security Dom DiSandro in 2023 and was also disqualified for a helmet-to-helmet hit on the Chargers' Justin Herbert in 2022.

Greenlaw was also suspended for one game last season when he played in Denver for berating an official after a win over the New York Giants.

Greenlaw was fined $11,941 for taunting the Broncos' sideline in a win last week.

Greenlaw returned to San Francisco this season after playing for the Broncos in 2025. He has 37 tackles in five games.

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San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw (57) leaves the field after being ejected during the first half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)