3 Things to Watch: Hurricanes at Flyers, Game 4 of Eastern 2nd Round

3. Discipline

In the past two games, the Flyers have been short-handed 15 times and the Hurricanes have been short-handed 12 times. Neither team wants to be in the penalty box that often, but it was particularly costly for the Flyers in Game 3 when the Hurricanes went 2-for-9 on the power play and scored short-handed.

“We just can’t take eight or nine penalties,” Tocchet said. “You know, it’s the flow of the game. I thought for the most part, other than Game 1, the 5-on-5, we’ve been pretty good against this team. It’s just the other parts of the game, even the 4-on-4 stuff. They’re better at that stuff, than us. So, we just got to play our game, and that’s more discipline.”

Hurricanes projected lineup

Andrei Svechnikov — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis

Taylor Hall — Logan Stankoven — Jackson Blake

Nikolaj Ehlers — Jordan Staal — Jordan Martinook

William Carrier — Mark Jankowski — Eric Robinson

Jaccob Slavin — Jalen Chatfield

K’Andre Miller — Sean Walker

Shayne Gostisbehere — Alexander Nikishin

Frederik Andersen

Brandon Bussi

Scratched: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Mike Reilly, Pyotr Kochetkov

Injured: None

Flyers projected lineup

Alex Bump — Trevor Zegras — Porter Martone

Tyson Foerster — Christian Dvorak — Travis Konecny

Carl Grundstrom — Denver Barkey — Matvei Michkov

Luke Glendening — Sean Couturier — Garnett Hathaway

Travis Sanheim — Rasmus Ristolainen

Cam York — Jamie Drysdale

Nick Seeler — Emil Andrae

Dan Vladar

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Garrett Wilson, Noah Juulsen, Jett Luchanko, Oliver Bonk, David Jiricek, Carson Bjarnason, Helge Grans, Hunter McDonald, Oscar Eklind, Jacob Gaucher

Injured: Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body), Owen Tippett (undisclosed), Noah Cates (lower body)

Status report

The Hurricanes will not hold a morning skate. … The Hurricanes are not expected to change their lineup following their 4-1 win in Game 3. … The Flyers held an optional practice Friday and will hold an optional morning skate. Tippett took part in practice, but the forward remains a game-time decision. He has missed the first three games of the series.