The Philadelphia Flyers vs. Canucks preview for Monday centers on two of the NHL‘s lowest-scoring teams trying to snap extended losing stretches. Philadelphia (4-10-5) visits Vancouver (3-15-1) at Rogers Arena on Monday, Nov. 9 at 9:30 p.m.
ET, with both clubs sitting at the bottom of their respective divisions. The Canucks have lost five straight games, while the Flyers have dropped four of their last five, including an overtime loss at Calgary on Sunday. The biggest question entering the night is whether either team can find enough offense to break its skid.
Flyers Vs Canucks Game Information
- Date: Monday, Nov. 9
- Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
- Venue: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
- TV/Streaming: ESPN+, NBC Sports Phil
- Series: Season series opens Nov. 9
Can Vancouver Find A Way To Stop The Bleeding?
Vancouver has lost 15 games this season and sits last in the Pacific Division with just seven points. The Canucks have dropped their last five, including a 4-2 loss at Edmonton on Sunday, and have allowed an average of 4.58 goals against per game this season, worst among the two teams in this matchup. Elias Pettersson leads the club with 15 assists and 19 points, while Brock Boeser paces the goal column with seven. Leevi Merilainen is projected as the probable starting goalie for Vancouver, taking over a crease that has surrendered 592 shots against and posted an .857 save percentage through the season’s first stretch.
What Is The State Of Philadelphia’s Injury Report?
The Flyers are without defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen, who is on injured reserve with a hand injury and has a projected return date of Nov. 11, making him unlikely to play Monday. Right wing Nikita Grebenkin remains on injured reserve with a back injury and is not projected to return until Feb. 13. Joseph Woll is listed as the probable starting goalie for Philadelphia, a team that has allowed 60 goals this season with an .891 save percentage, both notably better marks than Vancouver’s defensive numbers.
Who Is Expected To Carry The Offense For Each Side?
Matvei Michkov leads Philadelphia with 10 goals, while Trevor Zegras tops the team in both assists (10) and points (14). The Flyers have scored 39 goals as a team this season compared to Vancouver’s 55, though Philadelphia has been the more efficient defensive club by a wide margin. For Vancouver, Pettersson’s 19 points remain the offensive engine, but the Canucks’ power play has converted just 12 goals this season, a number that will be tested against a Flyers penalty kill that has limited power-play damage relative to its own special-teams output of nine power-play goals.
Key Matchup: Flyers Defense Against Canucks’ Leaky Net
The clearest edge in this game is goaltending and team defense. Philadelphia has allowed 527 shots against all season with a .891 save percentage, while Vancouver has allowed 592 shots against with an .857 save percentage and a 4.58 goals-against average. That gap suggests the Flyers’ defensive structure, anchored by Woll in net, will need to hold up against a Vancouver attack that has struggled to finish chances, shooting just 13.3% as a team.
If Philadelphia can limit high-danger looks the way it did in its 6-3 win over Utah on Nov. 1, detailed in Flyers Beat Mammoth 6-3 Behind Drysdale’s 3 Assists, it could tilt the special-teams battle in its favor. Vancouver, meanwhile, needs its power play to connect against a Flyers penalty kill that has been without Ristolainen on the blue line.
What To Watch
Both teams are fighting to climb out of the bottom tier of their divisions, with Philadelphia 13 points out of a wild-card spot in the Metropolitan and Vancouver trailing every Pacific team by at least five points. The Flyers have faced a string of tough divisional and conference opponents recently, including a 4-3 overtime loss detailed in Flyers Vs Flames Sunday: Devin Cooley Now Probable Starter and a loss covered in Capitals Beat Flyers 5-2 as Kyrou, Tuch Score Twice Each. Vancouver will try to avoid a sixth straight loss in front of its home crowd at Rogers Arena. The next update on goaltending and lineup decisions is expected closer to puck drop Monday night.
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