Konecny put the Flyers ahead when Ivan Provorov's pass from the left point went off the stick of Canucks forward J.T. Miller and bounced to Konecny in front of the net. He dragged the puck around Demko and scored his third goal of the season.
"It's not as hard as you think," Konecny said. "If you just time when it's coming down, as soon as you touch it, the puck dies. I just knew I had the goalie. I knew right away he thought he was going to be able to cover it, so I had him. But it's just one of those lucky plays for me."
The forward had helped the Flyers tie the game 2-2 at 17:49 of the second period when he banked a pass off the left boards to send Laughton in alone.
New coach John Tortorella has shown confidence in Konecny by using him on the penalty kill.
"I've seen him from afar play," Tortorella said. "I just like his energy. We kind of switched up the [penalty kill] pairs tonight, trying to get him more time there. He had a really good [training] camp. He's one of those players that you're looking to put in all situations because he just has so much try in his game. You can't help but look at that."
The play that Konecny made to Laughton began when Miller turned the puck over in the Philadelphia zone. The forward has been on the ice for all eight goals Vancouver has allowed this season, including two short-handed. The Canucks lost 5-3 at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.
"I'm just disappointed," Miller said. "Feel like I'm a little bit irrelevant, and being on the ice for every goal, I don't know what to say."
Boudreau said he's spoken to Miller, but that the Canucks need their top players to be better in general.
"It's a straight bottom line, when your best players aren't your best players, you're in trouble any night," Boudreau said. "And I don't think they've been our best players yet."
