Canucks get 6-2 win over Flyers

In Vancouver, Elias Pettersson hit for a double and five points on Saturday night in a 6-2 Canucks win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

Pettersson hit a career high 71 points with the effort.

“Obviously, it was something that was on my mind when I got close,” Pettersson said of his career high. “But I’m happy we got the win and happy for Arturs to get his first NHL win.”

Arturs Silovs made 35 saves in the Vancouver win.

“Feels great,” Silovs said. “I was working for that and finally accomplished.”

The Canucks moved to 22-30-4.

“We need some positive stuff around here, right?” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said. “It’s been kind of negative and we need some positive.”

Anthony Beauvillier, who also scored a pair for the Canucks, and the Flyers’ Scott Laughton traded goals for a 1-1 score after the first period.

“He’s a great pro and he’s a guy that you cheer for, and he just hangs in there,” Philadelphia coach John Tortorella said. “I thought he played hard, and good for him.”

Vancouver replied to that tie with two goals, one from Andrei Kuzmenko for a 2-1 lead, and Beauvillier’s second of the game for a 3-1 lead in the middle frame.

“We try to play fast,” Pettersson said of his line with Beauvillier and Kuzmenko. “We play good together, all three of us, and we’re trying to grow each day and every game.”

Philadelphia’s Morgan Frost scored off the power play to cut the deficit to 3-2 at 17:28 of the second period.

The Flyers dropped to 22-25-10, Philadelphia has lost four straight, 0-3-1

“It’s hard to reflect right now, but I thought that there was no quit even though you can look at the score, how it ended up. It’s not a reflection of the game,” Konecny said. “We worked really hard, we believed in ourselves and they just had a few more bounces that ended up in net.”

Vancouver put distance between themselves and the Flyers in the in the third period when Phillip Di Giuseppe scored to give them a 4-2 lead.

Pettersson then added two empty-net goals for the 6-2 final in the last two minutes of the game. The first of the pair of empty-net goals was shorthanded.

“I think he’s starting to learn how to be a leader,” Tocchet said.