Philadelphia 4, Vancouver 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 28, 2023
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees:
Pierre Lambert, Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Caleb Apperson, Kiel Murchison
Attendance:
18986
By Field Level Media
Egor Zamula, Sean Walker and Joel Farabee scored in a span of 2:06 in the second period to break open a scoreless game and the visiting Philadelphia Flyers held on for a 4-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Garnet Hathaway scored short-handed in the third period and Samuel Ersson made 18 saves for Philadelphia before he left with dehydration. Carter Hart stopped all eight shots he faced for the Flyers, who came out of the holiday break with the most points (29) in the NHL since Nov. 10.
Teddy Blueger scored and Casey DeSmith had 21 saves for Vancouver, which came out of the break tied for the most points in the NHL (49).
Zamula scored on a power play to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead at 15:03 of the second.
Tyler Myers was in the penalty box for interference on Owen Tippett when Zamula took a wrist shot from just inside the blue line that skittered through traffic and into the net for the defenseman's second goal of the season.
Philadelphia scored again at 16:24 to make it 2-0.
Travis Konecny brought the puck through the neutral zone and flipped a centering pass to Tippett when he hit the blue line. Tippett reached out and backhanded the puck to Walker on his right, and Walker shot it past DeSmith for his fourth goal of the season.
Farabee scored his 12th goal of the season 45 seconds later on a breakaway after Vancouver turned the puck over in the neutral zone, extending the lead to 3-0.
Blueger scored 25 seconds into the third period to cut it to 3-1, but Hathaway re-established the three-goal lead when he scored while trying to kill a power play to make it 4-1 at 5:01.
The Flyers outshot Vancouver 13-7 in the scoreless first period. The Canucks also lost 14 of 16 faceoffs in the frame.
Flyers coach John Tortorella moved into sole possession of 10th place on the list of all-time NHL coaching victories (723), passing Alain Vigneault.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Philadelphia |
|
Vancouver |
|
Joel Farabee 2 |
Points |
Teddy Blueger 1 |
|
Joel Farabee 1 |
Goals |
Teddy Blueger 1 |
|
Joel Farabee 1 |
Assists |
Quinn Hughes 1 |
|
Egor Zamula 1 |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
Garnet Hathaway 1 |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Carter Hart 1.000 |
Save Percentage |
Casey DeSmith .840 |
|
Samuel Ersson 18 |
Saves |
Casey DeSmith 21 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Philadelphia
|
25 |
4 |
1-3 |
3-3 |
8 |
37 |
| Vancouver
|
27 |
1 |
0-3 |
2-3 |
8 |
18 |
Upcoming Games
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Vancouver will play their next game at home against Ottawa. The Canucks have a W/L % of .542 after a win and .833 after a loss.
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Philadelphia will play their next game on the road against Seattle. The Flyers have a W/L % of .579 after a win and .533 after a loss.
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