In the third period, Drew O'Connor (10th) briefly cut the gap to one goal. However, the Flyers responded immediately and Bobby Brink (10th) restored the insurance goal. Later, Owen Tippett (SHG, 12th) and Christian Dvorak (9th) sandwiched empty net goals around a Tom Willander tally (2nd).

The Canucks have a logjam of forwards that deserve playing time, and there aren't enough lineup spots to go around.

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David Kampf and Drew O’Connor each had a goal and an assist, and Thatcher Demko made 27 saves for the Canucks (16-20-3), who were coming off a 3-2 shootout win at the Seattle Kraken on Monday but have lost three of their past four games.

Without game-breaking skaters, the Canucks have largely performed like a side that's consistently undermanned.

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As for lineup changes, all three healthy scratches from Monday will play on Tuesday. Up front, Jake DeBrusk and David Kämpf will replace Aatu Räty and Nils Höglander. There will also be a change on the blue line as Elias Pettersson will sit in favour of Pierre-Olivier Joseph.