VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Morgan Frost scored the game-winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout and the Philadelphia Flyers opened their season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.

Tyson Forester and Cam York scored for the Flyers in regulation time, and Samuel Ersson finished with 24 saves.

Teddy Blueger and Nils Hoglander scored for the Canucks, and Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves in his Vancouver debut.

It was the second straight game in which the Canucks lost in overtime after holding a lead early in the third period.

Travis Konecny ​​also scored in the shootout for Philadelphia, and Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver.

Takeaways

Canucks: Vancouver lost a big player less than two minutes into the game when defenseman Tyler Myers went down after hitting Joel Farabee on the boards. Myers spent several minutes on the ice being watched by trainers before he was helped and went straight to the locker room, saving his right leg. He didn’t return.

Flyer: Highly touted prospect Matvei Michkov took some big steps in his NHL debut. The 19-year-old Russian right winger tried to beat Lankinen on a power play in the third period with a reverse shot between his legs in front of the net. The Flyers selected Michkov seventh overall in the 2023 draft.

Key moment

York fired a shot high and under the crossbar 2:48 into the third period, but the puck bounced back out and play continued for a few moments before the horn sounded. His goal equalized the score to 2-2.

Key statistics

Philadelphia held Vancouver’s star-studded power play in check, stopping all five penalties and not allowing a single shot on the last three.

Next

The Flyers visit Calgary on Saturday, while the Canucks open their first road trip of the season in Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

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