Our Vancouver Canucks faced off against the Philadelphia Flyers once again on their second away game of the season this past Saturday. Safe to say it was a real redemption game.
The first Period started with some good action between the two teams, the Canucks put their best foot forward, getting 5 shots on goal in the first minutes of the game. With 3 minutes left in the period, the Flyers fans were chanting against the refs. However, unfazed by the crowd, Pettersson swings an assist and Höglander pops one into the net for the night’s first goal.
The second Period kicked off with the Flyers looking a bit stronger and having a step up defensively and offensively; however, our new Goaltender, Kevin Lankinen, was pulling all the stops with some beautiful saves. Moving on, at the 12:52 mark of the Period, Pettersson takes control of the puck, bringing it down to the Flyers goalie. Racing down, he strikes a shot at the goal, but it hits the walls. At 11:52 of the Period, DeBrusk made his way down to the Flyer’s side, and Brock Boeser followed up. Lots of bodies entered in front of the net, but Boeser got his stick on the puck with an assist from Tyler Myers and hit it in the net with a backhand shot to make the game 2-0. This was big for Tyler Myers because this is his 1000th game played. The Canucks reign continued just a minute later, and a face-off in the Flyers zone right off the draw Kiefer Sherwood with a beautiful shot into the net with another goal for the Canucks. Towards the end of the Period, Lankinen displayed his talents by saving countless attempts put forward by the Flyers.
Third Period began with a Power Play for the Canucks. But the game ended with some great action and play by both teams. However, the Canucks finally showed some dominance with no burnouts throughout all three periods, which was great to see. As the horn blew to conclude the game, a small celebration was made for Lankinen, with the players displaying much appreciation for the Goaltender. He was truly the star of the game.
The Canucks will face off against the Blackhawks on Tuesday at 5:15. Let’s hope for another win and continuous hard work and effort made by our Canucks.