Flyers Down Vancouver 5-4 - Match Report

Flyers Down Vancouver 5-4 - Match Report

Ilya Bryzgalov made 36 stops Wednesday to lead the Flyers over the Canucks 5-4 at Wells Fargo Center.

Philadelphia was favored by -126 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 5.5.

Philadelphia got goals from Chris Pronger, Andrej Meszaros, Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk, and Jakub Voracek in the victory. Giroux opened the scoring at 7:14 of the first period.

Ilya Bryzgalov turned in a 36-save effort for the Flyers.

Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Mikael Samuelsson, and Chris Higgins scored for the Canucks, finding the net behind Ilya Bryzgalov.

Roberto Luongo stopped 22 of 27 shots for the Canucks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, Philadelphia went 2-for-5, while the Canucks were 2-for-7 with the man advantage.

Philadelphia lost the shots on goal battle to Vancouver by a margin of 40-27.

Philadelphia heads into a battle against the Kings. Vancouver, meanwhile, will have their next action against Detroit.