The Philadelphia Flyers built an early lead and secured a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Monday, led by two assists from Christian Dvorak and strong netminding from Joseph Woll.
Michael Bunting opened the scoring for Philadelphia just 2:03 into the first period with an even-strength snap shot, marking his first goal of the season. Dvorak and Nick Seeler collected the assists on the opening tally. Travis Konecny then doubled the advantage 3:05 into the second period, scoring his second goal of the year on a snap shot during a power play set up by Matvei Michkov and Dvorak.
Vancouver cut the deficit in half at 12:44 of the third period when Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored his seventh goal of the season on a snap shot with the man advantage, assisted by Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson. The Canucks pressed late but could not draw level before Travis Sanheim sealed the contest at 19:01 with an unassisted, shorthanded empty-net wrist shot.
Woll made 18 saves on 19 shots to record the win in net for Philadelphia. Vancouver goaltender Leevi Merilainen took the loss after stopping 14 of 16 shots. The Flyers finished 1-for-2 on the power play while killing off four of five Vancouver opportunities.
With the win, the Flyers improved their regular-season record to 5-10-5. The Canucks dropped to 3-16-1 and extended their losing streak to six games.
Philadelphia visits the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday at 9:00 PM ET. Vancouver remains at home to host the New York Rangers on Friday at 9:00 PM ET.
