Today’s NHL schedule sees the Canucks welcome the Philadelphia Flyers in what should be an entertaining match at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, BC. If you plan to watch Vancouver Canucks vs Philadelphia Flyers live, stream online, or on TV today then first check out our Canucks vs Flyers match preview.
Vancouver Canucks vs Philadelphia Flyers
The Vancouver Canucks go into this one with a 69% points percentage, and naturally as underdogs against the Flyers. Alain Vigneault will be sure to keep an eye on how their Atlantic division foes collected 49 points in 35 games played this season but he will know that a lot of it will come down to containing Jeff Carter and Mike Richards. The Vancouver goal differential is 0.82 this season (good for number 2 in the NHL), but not as good as the Philadelphia Flyers’s positive goal margin of 0.91 in the 2010-2011 NHL season.
Playing on the road, the Flyers will need to play to their strengths and their 1.54 5 on 5 goals ratio is their strongest statistical attribute (and 1st in the whole league in that area). Peter Laviolette’s team is 22-8 this season and today will hope to improve their 49 point total to climb further up in the standings.
Vancouver are number 1 in the league in the ‘faceoff win %’ departement and Peter Laviolette and his coaching staff will therefore certainly want to balance out Vancouver’s 57 faceoff win % this season. The Canucks have a 93% winning percentage when leading after the first period, so getting off to a good start will be important.The fans in the General Motors Place are in for a treat today and if you want to join them and watch Vancouver Canucks vs Philadelphia Flyers online live streaming on NHL ‘Center Ice’ or on your TV – then make sure to tune in at 22:00 ET today.