Grebenkin and Grundstrom were part of a revamped fourth line for Philadelphia, which has struggled to get much production from the unit for most of the season. Rodrigo Abols had two assists, giving five points to the line.
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Christian Dvorak, Owen Tippett and Matvei Michkov scored in the third period to help the Flyers snap a two-game skid and give coach Rick Tocchet a win in his first game against his former team. Tocchet coached the Canucks for two and a half seasons before leaving and accepting the job in Philadelphia in May.
Dan Vladar made 22 saves for his 13th win of the season.
Max Sasson and Drew O’Connor scored late goals for Vancouver and Thatcher Demko made 34 saves. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Canucks and was their first loss since trading defenseman Quinn Hughes to Minnesota.
Grebenkin broke a scoreless tie by deflecting Emil Andrae’s shot past Demko with 6:47 left in the second period.
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Grundstrom scored for the fourth time in eight games since being recalled from Lehigh Valley in the AHL by scoring the rebound of his own shot at 5:58 of the third period. Dvorak made it 3-0 at 7:49.
Sasson ended Vladar’s shutout with 6:55 remaining, before Tippett restored the Flyers’ three-goal lead 2 1/2 minutes later. Michkov’s goal with 1:11 remaining ended his 10-game goalless drought and made it 5-1.
Next
Canucks: Host San Jose on Saturday.
Philadelphia: In Chicago on Tuesday.
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