The Philadelphia Flyers (5-10-5) avoided another disaster on Monday vs. the Vancouver Canucks (3-16-1), holding on to the 3-1 lead after a strong push from the Canucks at Rogers Arena.
Michael Bunting, Travis Konecny, and Travis Sanheim scored for the Flyers. Jonathan Lekkermaki scored for the Canucks.
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The Flyers struck early in this game, playing with the lead for most of the first period. Following a broken play defensively by the Canucks, Michael Bunting capitalized, scoring his first goal as a Flyer. After that, the Flyers had begun to figure out Leevi Marilainen, putting a handful of great chances on goal.
However, the Flyers were unable to score again in the first period, but took the 1-0 lead into the first intermission, outshooting the Canucks 9-4.
On the power play, the Flyers once again scored early in the period. This time, it was Travis Konecny who extended the Philly lead. It became clear again that it was the Flyers’ game to control from that point on. Much like the first period, the Flyers had plenty of chances to keep tacking on to their lead in the second period, but could only add the early score before taking the 2-0 lead into the second intermission. They led shots in the period 6-2.
The Flyers looked to start the third period with a bang after a Tyson Foerster goal, but after a long review, it was deemed that Jamie Drysdale entered the zone offside, wiping away the score. That definitely gave Vancouver a jump, because for the first time all game, the Canucks really started to test Joseph Woll.
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However, with 10 minutes left in the game, they still had yet to solve the Flyers’ netminder. Still, after being dominated by the Flyers in shots all game, they snuck right back into the shot battle, as the Flyers went more than 17 minutes, going back to the second period, without a shot on goal.
Then, it started to pour on. A power play for the Canucks gave them all of the momentum they needed. Jonathan Lekkerimaki brought the Canucks within a score with a power-play goal, and nearly did it again on the man-advantage minutes after. They did not tie it, but the Canucks were buzzing.
The Canucks pulled Marilainen while on the power play for a 6-on-4 advantage. That strategy did not work out for them, as Travis Sanheim sent the zone-to-zone shot on the empty net, sealing the 3-1 win for the Flyers.
Goals
P1 2:03/17:53: Michael Bunting’s pass to Christian Dvorak got knocked down by Brendan Gallagher at the blue line, but Bunting stuck with it and got the puck to Dvorak (6) in the middle eventually. That puck ended up being poked free, but Bunting (1) crashed to the slot and was able to beat Leevi Marilainen for the early score. Nick Seeler (6) had the secondary assist. 1-0 Flyers
P2 3:05/16:55: Up a man on the power play, Christian Dvorak (7) sent the puck behind the net for Matvei Michkov (4), who drew the attention of the Canuck defense before sending a backhanded pass to Travis Konecny (2) on the doorstep, who buried the shot. 2-0 Flyers.
P3 12:44/7:16: The Flyers were unable to clear the zone, leaving tired penalty-killers stuck in the zone. Elias Pettersson (16) and Brock Boeser (10) set up Jonathan Lekkerimaki (7) for the power-play goal after a long and chaotic possession. 2-1 Flyers.
P3 19:01/0:59: Travis Sanheim (2) seals the win for the Flyers with his short-handed, zone-to-zone, empty net goal. 3-1 Flyers.
Penalties
P1 4:02/15:58: Porter Martone drew a roughing penalty from Linus Karlsson to give the Flyers an early power play. 5-on-4 did not last long, as a Flyers penalty cut the power play short.
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P1 5:00/15:00: A slash from Denver Barkey on Elias Pettersson ended the Flyers’ power play and brought on 4-on-4 for 1:02, followed by a 58-second power play for the Canucks. The shortened power play was killed off by the Flyers with ease.
P2 1:55/18:05: Matvei Michkov drew a hold on Elias Nils Pettersson, putting the Flyers on their second power play of the game. The Flyers were able to extend their lead on the man-advantage.
P2 8:06/11:54: Owen Tippett was called for a trip on Elias Pettersson, putting the Canucks on the power play. Once again, it was an easy kill for Philly.
P3 10:50/9:10: Michael Bunting got caught giving an unintentional elbow to Linus Karlsson, giving the Canucks their 3rd power play of the game. The Canucks got within one after the chance.
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P3 13:10/6:50: Right after the Lekkermaki goal, Linus Karlsson drew another penalty, this time a slash from Travis Konecny. Lekkerimaki nearly did it again after another dangerous power play, but the Flyers avoided disaster.
P3 17:11/2:49: Joseph Woll got penalized for a delay of the game for removing his own mask in the middle of a Canucks possession, giving Vancouver yet another chance on the man-advantage. Vancouver wasted no time, pulling Marilainen early for the 6-on-4 advantage.
Flyers & Canucks Lines & Pairs
Flyers
Michael Bunting – Christian Dvorak – Owen Tippett
Tyson Foerster – Trevor Zegras – Travis Konecny
Porter Martone – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov
Denver Barkey – Sean Couturier – Noel Acciari
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Travis Sanheim – Jamie Drysdale
Cam York – Oliver Bonk
Nick Seeler – David Jiricek
Joseph Woll
Dan Vladar
Canucks
Jonathan Lekkerimaki – Elias Pettersson – Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk – Paul Cotter – Arshdeep Bains
Liam Ohren – Marco Rossi – Brendan Gallagher
Drew O’Connor – Max Sasson – Linus Karlsson
Zeev Buium – Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak – Guillaume Brisebois
Elias Nils Pettersson – Luke Schenn
Leevi Marilainen
Kevin Lankinen
What’s Next for the Flyers
The Flyers wrap up the Western Canada part of their road trip on Wednesday when they take on the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. Puck drop is at 9:00 PM ET.
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