After a gritty win against the Edmonton Oilers, the Philadelphia Flyers faced a familiar foe for the second game of their road trip. The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Orange & Black in their first meeting of the year; how’d things go in the rematch? Read on for more.
What went right?
The Flyers dominated the first period and half of the second period, wholly outclassing a Vancouver team that looked every bit of its thirty-second rank in xGA/60 at 5-on-5. It helped that Sean Couturier set the tone just 23 seconds into the game with a goal.