The Flyers were late to the dance, but they put in the work necessary to earn a 6-3 win over the host Vancouver Canucks. Philadelphia split their first two games of the post-Christmas West Coast swing and look to get their second win Wednesday night against Calgary.
The basics
First period: 3:45 – David Kampf (Drew O’Connor, Marcus Pettersson), 12:02 – Noah Cates (Matvei Michkov, Bobby Brink)
Second period: 3:40 – Carl Grundstrom (Nikita Grebenkin, Travis Sanheim), 16:20 – Travis Konecny (Jamie Drysdale, Trevor Zegras)
Third period: 1:08 – Drew O’Connor (David Kampf), 1:34 – Bobby Brink (Matvei Michkov, Noah Cates), 17:19 – Owen Tippett (Rodrigo Abols) (SHG), 18:16 – Tom Willander (Unassisted), 19:23 – Christian Dvorak (Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny)
SOG: 33 (PHI) – 35 (VAN)
Some takeaways
Huge matchup: Grundstrom versus Karlsson
Vancouver’s fourth-line winger Linus Karlsson has scored a few goals this month, as has Flyers fourth-line winger Carl Grundstrom.