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In the second game of a back-to-back and the middle segment of a three-in-four gauntlet, Alain Vigneault s Philadelphia Flyers (3-1-1) are in British Columbia to take on Travis Green s Vancouver Canucks (3-3-1).
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) â Bo Harvat scored his second goal of the game 1:19 into overtime, giving the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night in their return from a nearly four-week layoff because of a COVID-19 outbreak.
Horvat also had an assist, Nils Hoglander had a goal and an assist, and Braden Holtby made 37 saves as the Canucks played their first game since March 24. At least 21 players and four members of the coaching staff tested positive for the coronavirus and Vancouver had 11 games postponed since the outbreak hit late last month.
No Canucks players remained on the NHLâs COVID-19 protocol list Sunday, but some of Vancouverâs regular starters remained out of the lineup, including goalie Thatcher Demko, defenseman Nate Schmidt and forwards Tyler Motte and Jake Virtanen.