The Vancouver Canucks (2-0), coming off a 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers, visit the Philadelphia Flyers (1-1) at Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday, October 17 at 6:00 PM ET on ESPN+ and NBCS-PH. The Flyers fell to the Ottawa Senators 5-2 in their last game.
Canucks vs. Flyers Game Info
- Game Day: Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- Game Time: 6:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBC Sports Networks (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Canucks and Flyers Stats, Key Players, and Injuries
Canucks Insights
- The Canucks ranked 13th in the league last season with 270 goals scored (3.3 per game).
- The Canucks were 25th in goals against, conceding 296 total goals (3.6 per game) in league play.
- Their -26 goal differential ranked 23rd in the league.
- The 62 power-play goals the Canucks scored last season (11th in the NHL) came via 273 power-play chances.
- The Canucks had the league’s 11th-ranked power-play conversion rate (22.71%).
- The Canucks scored 15 shorthanded goals last season (second among NHL teams).
- The Canucks had the league’s 32nd-ranked penalty-kill percentage (71.6%).
- The Canucks won 49.5% of their faceoffs (17th in the NHL)
- The Canucks shot 11.1% as a team (third in the league).
- The Canucks earned one shutout last season. Their skaters averaged 24.7 hits and 13.9 blocked shots per game.
Canucks Key Players
- With 39 goals and 63 assists last season, Elias Pettersson was one of Vancouver’s top contributors (102 points).
- Having scored 32 goals and adding 50 assists a year ago, Jonathan Tanner Miller was an important piece of the offense for Vancouver over the course 81 games.
- With 76 points in 78 games last season (seven goals and 69 assists), Quinn Hughes was an important part of Vancouver’s offensive efforts.
- In the 32 games Thatcher Demko played a season ago, his save percentage was 90.249, 34th in the league.
Canucks Injuries
Teddy Blueger: Leg (Out), Guillaume Brisebois: Upper Body (Out), Carson Soucy: Lower Body (Questionable), Thatcher Demko: Illness (Questionable)
Flyers Insights
- With 220 goals (2.7 per game) last season, the Flyers had the league’s 29th-ranked offense.
- The Flyers allowed 276 total goals (3.4 per game), 23rd in the league.
- Their -56 goal differential was 26th in the league.
- The Flyers had 35 power-play goals (31st in NHL) on 225 chances.
- The Flyers’ power-play percentage (15.56) put them 32nd in the league.
- The Flyers had 11 shorthanded goals (fourth in league).
- At 74.68%, the Flyers had the 26th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
- At 45.7%, the Flyers had the NHL’s 30th-ranked faceoff win rate.
- The 9.1% shooting percentage of the Flyers was 28th in the league.
- The Flyers shut out their opponents three times. They averaged 27.1 hits and 17.2 blocked shots per game.
Flyers Key Players
- Travis Konecny scored 31 goals (0.5 per game) and collected 30 assists (0.4 per game) last season, contributing to the Philadelphia offense with 61 total points (0.9 per game). He took 2.9 shots per game, shooting 16.2%.
- Owen Tippett was a key piece of the offense for Philadelphia with 49 total points last season. He scored 27 goals and added 22 assists in 77 games.
- Morgan Frost scored 19 goals last season, plus 27 assists.
- Samuel Ersson was 6-3-0 last season, giving up 33 goals (1.2 goals against average) with an 89.908 save percentage (42nd in the league).
Flyers Injuries
None