Flyers get past visiting Canucks

Jake Voracek and Sean Couturier each had one goal and one assist to lift the host Philadelphia Flyers past the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Monday. Voracek scored a goal for the second straight game.

Flyers goaltender Carter Hart wasn't heavily tested but made 16 saves to earn the win. J.T. Miller scored the lone goal for the Canucks, who had a short-lived one-goal lead.

Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko was solid throughout and stopped 32 shots to keep them close. The Canucks struck first when Miller notched his 10th goal of the season at 10:34 of the first period. It was only the eighth time all season that Vancouver scored the first goal.

Couturier equalized for the Flyers at 5:54 of the second period with Voracek and Robert Hagg earning the assists. Couturier scored his seventh goal of the season. Claude Giroux ripped a wrist shot through traffic in front, but Demko grabbed the puck out of the air with 2:04 left in the second.

The Canucks managed only four shots on goal in the second yet went to the locker room in a 1-1 draw. Couturier nearly scored again with 15:38 remaining in the third as he skated in and had the puck knocked away at the last second by Demko.

The Canucks then picked up their second power play but couldn't capitalize. Voracek put the Flyers ahead 2-1 with a shot from his knees that clanged off one goal post and the crossbar and into the net at 11:27 of the third.

Vancouver struggled to create scoring chances. Demko was pulled for an extra skater with 1:50 remaining and finally put some pressure on Hart with 17.4 seconds left. Josh Leivo fired a shot from point-blank range, but Hart corralled the puck and didn't allow a rebound.

Vancouver kept the puck in the Flyers' zone in the waning seconds yet couldn't come up with a clean shot.