NHL Game Summary - Carolina at Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Wayne Simmonds, Scott Laughton and Jakub Voracek each posted a goal and an assist as the Philadelphia Flyers thumped the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-1, on Saturday.

Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier each scored while Steve Mason made 25 saves for the Flyers, who have won the first two games of a four-game homestand.

Eric Staal had the lone goal of the game for the Hurricanes, who have lost five straight. Anton Khudobin allowed all five goals on 23 shots in the loss.

"We've got to compete, be better defensively, manage the puck, move the puck better and that will give us a better chance," Carolina head coach Bill Peters said.

It took just 53 seconds for the Flyers to grab the lead, as Couturier was able to put in his own rebound from the right side for his seventh goal of the season.

The Flyers made it a 2-0 game at 11:27 of the first when Brayden Schenn fired a pass off the right boards for Simmonds, who leaned into the shot that beat Khudobin cleanly for his 13th goal of the year.

Just 2:06 into the second, the Hurricanes got on the board with a power-play goal as Staal flew down the left wing and was able to beat Mason with a wraparound from the right side.

Philly, though, got it back less than three minutes later with a power-play marker of its own. Claude Giroux sent a pass from the left boards to the low left side where Simmonds quickly snapped it to the right of the net and Voracek finished it off for his 11th of the season.

Laughton was able to notch his first career goal at 7:29 of the second as he picked the puck up along the right boards and banged a wrister in off the far post.

"It's nice to get that one to get it out of the way and just keep going," said Laughton.

It was a 5-1 game 2 1/2 minutes later after Raffl banged home a rebound from the left side for his eighth of the season.

Mason turned aside 11 shots in the final period to polish off the win.