Calgary Flames at Vancouver Canucks

· National Hockey League

Calgary Flames

1-1-0

Final
1 - 5

Vancouver Canucks

1-0-0

Filip Chytil scores twice as the Canucks open with a 5-1 victory over the Flames

The Czech center batted a puck into the net at 2:53 of the third period after it went off the back of Calgary defenseman Kevin Bahl’s head.

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 Dustin Wolf.

Kiefer Sherwood, Jonathan Lekkerimäki and Brock Boeser also scored for the Canucks, and Thatcher Demko stopped 17 shots.

Morgan Frost scored for Calgary, beating Demko with 6:54 left.

Wolf made 21 saves for the Flames, who were coming off a 4-3 shootout win in Edmonton on Wednesday night.

Up next Flames: Host St. Louis on Saturday.

Canucks: At Edmonton on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

VAN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 14:53	Kiefer Sherwood Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Drew O'Connor (1)
Goal	3rd Period 2:54	Filip Chytil Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 8:53	Filip Chytil Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Arshdeep Bains (1)
Goal	3rd Period 11:43	Jonathan Lekkerimäki Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Evander Kane (1), Conor Garland (1)
Goal	3rd Period 13:06	Morgan Frost Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Yegor Sharangovich (1), Joel Farabee (1)
Goal	3rd Period 17:06	Brock Boeser Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (1), Jake DeBrusk (1)

Statistics

CGY		VAN
7	Blocked Shots	18
35	Hits	27
3	Takeaways	5
18	Shots	26
0	Power Play Goals	0
4	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
31	Faceoffs Won	24
56.4	Faceoff Win Percent	43.6
16	Giveaways	17
5	Total Penalties	5
10	Penalty Minutes	10

Vancouver Canucks Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Kevin Lankinen, G	Out	Nov 25
Thatcher Demko, G	Injured Reserve	Nov 24
Teddy Blueger, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 19
Filip Chytil, C	Injured Reserve	Nov 16
Derek Forbort, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 28