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.

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.

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

Penalties

Flyers & Canucks Lines & Pairs

Michael Bunting – Christian Dvorak – Owen Tippett Tyson Foerster – Trevor Zegras – Travis Konecny Porter Martone – Noah Cates – Matvei Michkov Denver Barkey – Sean Couturier – Noel Acciari

Travis Sanheim – Jamie Drysdale Cam York – Oliver Bonk Nick Seeler – David Jiricek

Joseph Woll Dan Vladar

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.