VANCOUVER - For the first time in more than six months, Filip Chytil played a regular-season NHL game in more on Thursday.

He wasted no time making an impact.

The 26-year-old Czech centre scored twice, helping his Vancouver Canucks open their season with a 5-1 thumping of the Calgary Flames.

“I just want to be the best version of myself, coming to the rink every day, work on the details on the ice and making myself a better player,” he said after the victory.

“So this was the first game, and there is still room to work on so many things, so I can be happy until midnight that we won, and tomorrow is another day where we have to work hard.”

Chytil’s first goal of the night came 2:54 into the third period after a puck bounced off the Flames defenceman Kevin Bahl’s helmet. Chytil quickly

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