Canucks Seek to End Five-Game Slide Against Flyers

Vancouver enters the matchup with a 3-15-1 record and a 1-7-0 mark at home. Philadelphia is 4-10-5 overall and 1-6-1 on the road. The teams are meeting for the first time this season, with puck drop scheduled for 9:30 p.m. EST in Vancouver on November 9.

The Canucks have gone 1-9-0 over their last 10 games, scoring an average of 2.7 goals and allowing 4.3 per game. The Flyers are 4-4-2 in their past 10, averaging 3.1 goals scored and three allowed. Philadelphia has gone 1-4-3 in contests settled by a single-goal margin.

Liam Ohgren leads Vancouver with six goals and three assists. Brock Boeser has recorded five goals and five assists over the Canucks’ last 10 games. For Philadelphia, Matvei Michkov has 10 goals and three assists, while Noel Acciari has four points in the Flyers’ last 10 outings.

Vancouver ranks seventh in the NHL in penalty minutes per game, at 10.5. The Canucks list Thatcher Demko, Akil Thomas, Mackenzie MacEachern and Filip Chytil as out, while Tom Willander is day to day. The Flyers have Nikita Grebenkin and Rasmus Ristolainen out with upper-body injuries.