Michael Bunting, Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim scored for the visiting Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.
Christian Dvorak had two assists, and Joseph Woll made 18 saves for the Flyers, who had lost three in a row and six of seven (1-4-2).
Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored and Leevi Merilainen made 14 saves for the Canucks, who have lost six in a row and 16 of 17 (1-15-1).
Bunting scored the lone goal of the first period at 2:03.
He took possession of the puck in the neutral zone and carried it across the Vancouver blue line before attempting a backhand centering pass to Dvorak. Canucks defenseman Luke Schenn knocked down the pass, but the puck came back to Bunting, who tried again to pass the puck ahead to Dvorak.
After the pass went into Dvorak’s skates and stopped near the left hash marks, Bunting shot the puck into the net to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead.
The Flyers went on their second power play after Elias Pettersson was called for holding Matvei Michkov at 1:55 of the second period.
Trevor Zegras made a clean zone entry and got the puck back in the corner. He made a backhand pass along the end wall to Michkov, who fed it around the opposite corner to Dvorak.
Dvorak passed the puck back to Michkov, who had moved behind the Vancouver net, and he made a backhand feed to Konecny cutting to the left post. Konecny found a hole on the short side, stretching the lead to 2-0 at 3:05.
Tyson Foerster thought he extended the lead 22 seconds into the third period, but the Canucks successfully challenged for offside.
Vancouver was on its third power play when Lekkerimaki scored with a one-timer from the right circle to cut it to 2-1 at 12:44.
Woll was penalized for delay of game for intentionally removing his mask during play at the 17:11 mark. The Canucks pulled Merilainen for a 6-on-4, but Sanheim scored into an empty net with 59 seconds left to make it 3-1.
Vancouver was outshot 15-6 through two periods before owning a 13-1 edge in the third.
–Field Level Media
