Taylor Hall scored the overtime winning goal to give the host Carolina Hurricanes a 3-2 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday in Raleigh, N.C.

Nikolaj Ehlers scored once and added an assist, while Seth Jarvis tallied once for the Hurricanes, who lead the Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-0.

With time ticking down in the first overtime period, Hall drove to the net during a rush led by Sean Walker, had his first attempt stopped, but during the ensuing scramble pounced on a loose puck and got it past Flyer goalkeeper Dan Vladar at 18:54 of overtime.

It was Hall’s first career playoff overtime goal during his seven seasons of post-season play.

Goaltender Frederik Andersen make 34 saves for the Hurricanes, who erased an early two-goal deficit. Jackson Blake collected a pair of assists.

Jamie Drysdale and Sean Couturier tallied for the Flyers, while Vladar stopped 39 shots.

The Flyers had a golden chance to win with an early overtime power play but could not convert.

The series shifts to Philadelphia for Game 3 on Thursday.

The Flyers competed much better than in the series-opening 3-0 loss.

Drysdale’s power-play goal opened the scoring at 4:02. Amidst a flurry at the net, the puck came out to the high slot and Drysdale stepped in from his point position to bury the chance.

The score marked the first time during this year’s playoffs that Carolina has trailed in a game.

It was also Philadelphia’s first goal during the opening period of the playoffs, and the first time the Hurricanes surrendered a goal in the first period.

Couturier doubled the lead 39 seconds later with his first tally of the playoffs. From behind the net, Carl Grundstrom slipped a pass to the top the crease and Couturier was on the spot to slip home the chance.

That sparked the Hurricanes and they were rewarded when Ehlers netted his first goal of the playoffs with a power-play tally of his own. Ehlers set up at right face-off dot and hammered a one-timer set up by Blake and K’Andre Miller at 10:21 of the first period.

Jarvis tied the clash with 8:39 remaining in regulation time, joining an odd-man rush and finding the mark after a drop pass from Ehlers as he reached the right circle.

Carolina outshot the visitors, 35-21, through 60 minutes, but the Flyers pumped 15 shots on goal to eight for the Hurricanes in overtime.

–Field Level Media

Ivan Herrera hit a three-run double, JJ Wetherholt drove in two and the host St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Monday night.

Herrera, Wetherholt, Victor Scott II and Nolan Gorman had two hits each for the Cardinals, who have won seven of their past eight games.

Brice Turang homered and Jackson Chourio went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a walk in his first five plate appearances of 2026 for the Brewers, who lost their second straight. Chourio was activated pregame, having recovered from a broken bone in his left hand.

A two-run homer in the ninth by Turang, his fifth of the year, pulled Milwaukee within 6-3. One batter later, Riley O’Brien took over on the mound, and he got the last two outs for his 10th save.

St. Louis starter Kyle Leahy (4-3) allowed a run and six hits in 5 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out five.

Milwaukee starter Chad Patrick (2-2) gave up four runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings with three walks and four strikeouts.

Wetherholt’s two-out RBI single in the second gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.

Herrera’s bases-loaded double in the fourth, after Wetherholt was walked intentionally, increased the lead to 4-0 and sent Patrick to the showers.

Luis Rengifo’s run-scoring single in the sixth, just after George Soriano replaced Leahy on the mound, pulled the Brewers within 4-1.

Masyn Wynn’s RBI single in the seventh and Wetherholt’s RBI single in the eighth padded the margin.

Milwaukee center fielder Garrett Mitchell made a spectacular effort on an attempted diving catch on Gorman’s third-inning liner to right-center that wound up being a double. Mitchell raced toward right, dived and appeared to make a catch in which the ball snow-coned in his glove, bounced up and back down into his glove as he was sliding.

However, St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol challenged the call, and the play was ruled a hit. A still shot showed that Mitchell trapped the ball.

The Brewers also activated Andrew Vaughn from the injured list earlier on Monday, and he went 0-for-4 as the designated hitter. He returned from rehabbing a fractured bone in his left hand.

–Field Level Media

To shore up their catching situation, the Athletics acquired Jonah Heim from the Atlanta Braves on Monday, in exchange for cash considerations.

The A’s placed starting catcher Shea Langeliers on the paternity list and the switch-hitting Heim will replace him on the 26-man roster.

Earlier Monday, Heim, 30, was designated for assignment by the Braves. In 12 games, he was hitting .231 with one home run and eight RBIs. He had homered and drove in five runs in Sunday’s 11-6 Atlanta win at Colorado.

Heim had signed a one-year $1.5 million contract in February after serving as the Texas Rangers’ primary catcher since 2022.

Heim started his career with the Athletics in 2020, appearing in 13 games. He earned a spot on the Rangers’ roster in 2021 and moved into a starting role in 2022.

The Buffalo, N.Y. native earned All-Star honors in 2023, when he hit .258 with 18 home runs and 95 RBI’s. He posted an OPS of .755 for the surprise World Series champions.

For his career, Heim has played in 620 games and owns a batting mark of .225 with 69 home runs and 290 RBIs.

–Field Level Media