VANCOUVER – Filip Chytil scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks opened their season with a 5-1 victory over the visiting Calgary Flames on Thursday.

The Czech centre batted a puck into the net at 2:53 in the third period after it went off the back of the head of Calgary defenceman Kevin Bahl.

Chytil followed up just under six minutes later, collecting a puck from Arshdeep Bains and streaking up the ice, then firing a shot up and over Flames netminder Dustin Wolf.

Kiefer Sherwood, Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Brock Boeser also scored for the Canucks (1-0-0), and goalie Thatcher Demko stopped 17 of the 18 shots he faced.

Morgan Frost put away the lone goal for Calgary, beating Demko 13:06 into the third period.

Wolf — playing his second game in as many nights — made 21 saves for the Flames,

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