Filip Chytil scored twice, and Adam Foote won his NHL coaching debut for the Vancouver Canucks with a 5-1 season-opening victory against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Thursday.

Jonathan Lekkerimaki, with his first NHL goal, and Brock Boeser also scored in the four-goal third period to help Vancouver pull away.

Thatcher Demko made 17 saves for the Canucks to get the win for Foote in his first game as an NHL head coach after three seasons as an assistant.

Morgan Frost scored, and Dustin Wolf made 21 saves starting back-to-back games for the first time with the Flames (1-1-0), who were coming off a 4-3 comeback shootout win in their season opener at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

Kiefer Sherwood put the Canucks ahead 1-0 at 14:53 of the first period with a wrist

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