Flyers Pick Their Spots and Leave Rogers Arena With Two Points
Philadelphia 3, Vancouver 1 at Rogers Arena, and the Flyers won it the way a road team should: by making their looks count. Vancouver put more pucks on net, but Philadelphia kept getting to the spots where goals actually come from.
The shot count leaned the Canucks' way, 19 to 17, yet the chances told a different story. Using expected goals (how many goals a team's chances were worth), the Flyers' looks added up to 3.30 while Vancouver's came to 1.97. Three goals on chances worth a little more than three is no fluke; this one was earned.
The scoring came from all over: defenceman Travis Sanheim in 25:04 of ice time, Michael Bunting with 3 shots in under 11 minutes, and Travis Konecny. Noah Cates even rang a post. For Vancouver, Jake DeBrusk fired a team-high 4 shots without a reward, and Jonathan Lekkerimäki scored the lone goal.
For Philadelphia (now holding the East's final wild-card spot), a rare road win. For Vancouver, sitting at 3-15-1, more shots and still a loss.
