After a six-game win streak, the Vancouver Canucks have lost the last two contests by the slimmest of margins. Tuesday’s loss to the Nashville Predators stung, because teams with a powerplay in overtime don’t usually allow a two-on-none in the final seconds to lose a valuable extra point.
You kids may not know this, but the Flyers kind of love hosting the Canucks, historically-speaking. According to mcubed.net, Philadelphia is 40-20-1 all-time at home against Vancouver. In the 2010s, owever, the Canucks are 3-2 in the City of Brotherly Love.
But this meeting seems to have more significance than most others over the years.