Vancouver Canucks Notes:
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Philadelphia Flyers Notes:
INJURY REPORT
PLAYER INJURY DATES GAMES MISSED
Rasmus Ristolainen (D) IR – undisclosed 10/9- 2
2023-24 TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 2
HEAD-TO-HEAD
FLYERS CANUCKS
78-36-15 ALL-TIME RECORD 38-74-17
43-21-2 HOME 16-33-14
35-15-13 ROAD 22-41-3
3-1-1 LAST 5 MEETINGS 2-3-0
5-3-2 LAST 10 MEETINGS 5-5-0
499 GOALS SCORED 377
23.4% POWER PLAY 17.8%
82.2% PENALTY KILL 76.6%
Couturier: 5-7=12 in 16 GP
TEAM SCORING LEADERS
Beauvillier: 12-7=19 in 26 GP
Ristolainen: 2-10=12 in 16 GP Miller: 9-9=18 in 28 GP
Atkinson: 6-5=11 in 18 GP Myers: 5-7=12 in 24 GP
Hart: 3-1-2, 2.30 GAA, .919 SV% in 6 GP
TEAM GOALTENDERS
DeSmith: 3-2-0, 2.75 GAA, .910 SV% in 6 GP
Ersson: Has not faced VAN Demko: 1-2-0, 3.00 GAA, .910 SV% in 3 GP
HOME OPENERS
- The Flyers are 31-17-7 all-time in their home openers and have earned a point in four straight home openers (3-0-1).
- This is the fifth time in team history Philadelphia has played its home opener against Vancouver (3-0-1).
- The Flyers opened their 2019-20 season with a 4-3 victory over Chicago in Prague, Czech Republic in which they were the home team. They also won their Wells Fargo Center opener that same season (10/9/19), defeating New Jersey, 4-0.
VS. THE WEST
- The Flyers begin a six-game stretch against Western Conference opponents Tuesday. The longest streak against the West this season and longest such streak since a seven-game stretch, Feb. 9-21, 2023 (2-4-1).
- Philadelphia went 14-13-5 against the Western Conference last season, including a 7-7-2 record against the Pacific Division.
- The Flyers are 10-9-3 in the last 22 games against a Western Conference opponent.
AGAINST THE CANUCKS
- Philadelphia owns an all-time 78-36-15 record against Vancouver – its third-most wins and fifth-most games played (129) against any Western Conference opponent.
- The Flyers sit one goal shy of 500 all-time goals scored against the Canucks (not including shootout goals). Vancouver could become the 15th NHL team, fourth Western Conference team, Philadelphia has reached the 500-plus goal milestone against.
- Six of the last seven contests between the two teams have been decided by one goal (4-0-2).
