Canucks still in search of 1st win after Flyers complete impressive comeback
Vancouver has lost first two games of five-game road trip to open season
Travis Konecny scored with just over six minutes to play in the third period as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday.
Tony D'Angelo added a goal and an assist while Scott Laughton recorded a short-handed tally for Philadelphia (2-0-0), who has opened the John Tortorella era with back-to-back home wins. Carter Hart stopped 27 shots in the win.
"We didn't panic," Tortorella said. "I think to go through that the second game of the year and to succeed, it is something we can lean on if we get in that situation again."
Kyle Burroughs and Conor Garland scored for the Canucks, who have lost the first two games of their five-game road trip to open the season.
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"We were 0-for-5 on the power play and they were 1-for-5 on the power play and they score and they scored a shorthanded goal," Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau said. "That's the difference in the game. If we don't sure that up, we're going to be in trouble."
Konecny — who has three goals on the young season and added an assist on Laughton's shorthanded goal Saturday — scooped up a deflected shot just outside the crease and slid the puck past Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko with 6:07 left to break the 2-2 tie.
It was the capstone moment to Philadelphia's comeback. DeAngelo had brought the Flyers back within 2-1 with a power-play goal midway through the second while Laughton converted on a shorthanded breakaway that beat Demko just inside the post.
Burroughs scored just 1:34 into the game when a wrist shot ticked off a Philadelphia defencemen and over Hart's shoulder for his first goal of the season. Vancouver extended the lead to 2-0 late in the first period when Garland's wrister from the top of the circle whistled past Hart and into the top corner on the stick side.
The Canucks continue their road trip with a game Monday in Washington.
