Welcome back to another Vancouver Canucks 2025–26 season series preview. In this article series, The Hockey News - Canucks site previews Vancouver’s team series matchups for the season in chronological order. Last time, we looked at what the Canucks will face in the Boston Bruins. Today, let’s preview their season matchups against the Philadelphia Flyers.
2024–25 Season Stats
Team Stats:
Record: 33–39–10
Points: 76
Standings placement: 8th in Metropolitan Division
PP%: 15% (30th)
PK%: 77.6% (20th)
Goals:
Matvei Michkov (26)
Tyson Foerster (25)
Travis Konecny (24)
Owen Tippett (20)
Noah Cates (16)
Assists:
Travis Konecny (52)
Matvei Michkov (37)
Sean Couturier (30)
Bobby Brink (29)
Owen Tippett (23)
Points:
Travis Konecny (76)
Matvei Michkov (63)
Sean Couturier (45)
Owen Tippett / Tyson Foerster (43)
Bobby Brink (41)
Goaltenders:
Samuel Ersson
Record: 22–17–5
GAA: 3.14
SV%: .883
SO: 2
Points: N/A
Dan Vladar [CGY]
Record: 12–11–6
GAA: 2.80
SV%: .898
SO: 2
Points: 1A
Aleksei Kolosov
Record: 5–9–1
GAA: 3.59
SV%: .867
SO: N/A
Points: N/A
2025 Free Agency Rundown
The Flyers’ biggest organizational moves came before the free agency period actually opened. Off the heels of firing former head coach John Tortorella, Philadelphia brought on former Canucks bench boss Rick Tocchet. About a month after, they traded Ryan Poehling and two picks for Trevor Zegras. In free agency, they signed centre Christian Dvorak, goaltender Dan Vladar, and former Canuck Noah Juulsen.
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2025–26 Season Series Preview
The last time the Flyers made the postseason was during the 2020 Bubble Playoffs. Since then, the team has only placed above 20th in the NHL once. Last season was one of the worst they have recorded since this playoff run, and given the often changing nature of the Metropolitan Division’s top teams, this may be likely to continue come 2025–26. New head coach Tocchet will be able to provide the team with a new voice, but his defence-first coaching mentality may not mesh well with offensively-creative players like Michkov and Zegras.
Vancouver will take on the Flyers twice within the span of 10 days in December. The Canucks visit Philadelphia first on December 22, with this being their final game before the start of the holiday break. Only two games after, the Canucks host the Flyers in Vancouver on December 30 in what will be Tocchet’s first game back since parting ways with the team back in May. These two games are part of a short stretch in which Vancouver only faces teams that finished lower than 25th in the league in 2024–25 — something they’ll want to take advantage of.
2025–26 Games Against Vancouver
Game 1: December 22, 4:30 pm PT @ Xfinity Mobile Arena
Game 2: December 30, 7:00 pm PT @ Rogers Arena
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