Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: Carolina 53-22-7=113pts, Philadelphia 43-27-12=98pts
Game 1 on Saturday, 02 May: Philadelphia loses at Carolina, 3-goals-nil
Game 2 on Monday, 04 May: Philadelphia loses at Carolina, 3-goals-2(OT)
Game 3 on Thursday, 07 May: Carolina wins at Philadelphia, 4-goals-1
Game 4 on Saturday, 09 May: Carolina wins at Philadelphia, 3-goals-2(OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Carolina Hurricanes visited and bested the Philadelphia Flyers 3-goals-2(OT) to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1626 victory. With the series 1626 win, the Carolina Hurricanes improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 20-11 overall and 7-3 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1626 loss, the Philadelphia Flyers see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 40-35 overall and 16-11 (with an active four-Quarterfinals round series losing streak) in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Carolina Hurricanes in series 1626 was WWWW: Series 1626 thus becomes the 44th NHL Quarterfinals-round series, the 132nd NHL series (all rounds), and the 262nd MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1626 sweep, the Carolina Hurricanes become the first NBA/NHL team to start a Spring best-of-7 playoff season 8-0 since 2017, when the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers began that playoff season with two consecutive sweeps and the Golden State Warriors began the same playoff season with three consecutive sweeps. Since the NHL Preliminary round became a best-of-7 playoff round in 1987, the Carolina Hurricanes have become the first NHL team to start a Spring best-of-7 playoff season 8-0.

After Game 3: The Carolina Hurricanes visited and outscored the Philadelphia Flyers 4-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1626 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 4 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 1-8 and a Game 4 record of 3-6. The Philadelphia Flyers had once before surmounted a 3-games-nil deficit in a best-of-7 NHL playoff series to achieve a 4-games-3 victory, in series 1098 in the 2010 NHL Quarterfinals against the Boston Bruins. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes won two of those series via four-game sweep, and the other two of those series in five games.

After Game 2: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-goals-2(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1626 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 11-1 and a Game 3 record of 4-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 3-15 and a Game 3 record of 9-9. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 2-games-nil (as the Carolina Hurricanes now do in series 1626), the Carolina Hurricanes sustained their sole series loss in series 1494, to the New York Rangers in the 2022 NHL Quarterfinals. In their sixth game in the Spring 2026 NHL playoffs, the Carolina Hurricanes trailed in-game for the first time in series 1626 Game 2.

After Game 1: The Carolina Hurricanes hosted and shut out the Philadelphia Flyers 3-goals-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1626 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes have a series record of 13-2 (with an active six-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 12-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia Flyers have a series record of 15-25 (with an active five-series losing streak) and a Game 2 record of 22-18. Leading a best-of-7 NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Carolina Hurricanes sustained their sole series losses in series 862 (in the 2002 NHL Finals to the Detroit Red Wings), and in series 1494 (in the 2022 NHL Quarterfinals to the New York Rangers).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NHL regular season, the Carolina Hurricanes finished fifteen points ahead of the Philadelphia Flyers. From 1939 through the 2026 NHL Preliminary round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by fifteen regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 23-8 (.742) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1626 is the 31st best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Carolina Hurricanes, and the 75th for the Philadelphia Flyers. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Carolina Hurricanes have an all-rounds series record of 19-11, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-3, and a Game 1 record of 15-15, while the Philadelphia Flyers have an all-rounds series record of 40-34, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 16-10, and a Game 1 record of 34-40. Series 1626 is the first best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Philadelphia Flyers.