By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter
October 19, 2024
The Vancouver Canucks (2-1-2) won their second straight game of the season 3-0 in defeating the Philadelphia Flyers(1-3-1) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphiaon Saturday night.
Game Summary
- Nils Hoglander, Brock Boeser, and Kiefer Sherwood scored for the Canucks.
- Nils Höglander opened the scoring at 16:09 of the first period with a tap-in goal on the right post.
- Brock Boeser made it 2-0 at 8:40 of the second period when he scored from the left post on a pass from defenseman Tyler Myers, who played in his 1,000th NHL game.
- Kiefer Sherwood added a goal in the 2nd period at 9:13 assisted by Teddy Blueger to make the game 3-0 just 50 seconds after Boeser scored.
- Canucks starting goalie Kevin Lankinen made 26 saves for his 4rth career shutout, the first Finnish-born goaltender to record a shutout in Vancouver franchise history.
- Samuel Ersson made 29 saves for the Flyers.
Game Notes
- The Canucks won their second straight game after losing their first three.
- The Flyers have lost four in a row
- Tyler Myers became the 400th player in NHL history to reach the 1,000 game milestone.
- Flyers captain Sean Couturier played in his 800th career game.
Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet after the game:
The Canucks will look to build on this win and make it three straight when they play the final game of their 4-game road trip road trip against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, October 22 at United Center.
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