Canucks vs Flyers

John Tortorella's Philadelphia Flyers (1-0-0) will host Bruce Boudreau's Vancouver Canucks (0-1-0) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday.

In the opening minute of the second period, rookie Andrei Kuzmenko went the net and scored his first NHL goal on a power-play slam dunk off a setup pass from Miller to open a 3-0 lead. Also of note: Mike Yeo, who served the majority of last season as the Flyers' interim head coach and was previously the Flyers defense and penalty kill coach, was hired by the Canucks this offseason as an assistant to Boudreau. Vancouver led, 2-0, at the first intermission on goals by Elias Pettersson on a second-effort play at the net after collecting an Edmonton turnover and a J.T. Move him up in the lineup and he is capable of chipping in offensively even at the NHL level. There is a skill element to his game that has shown at the collegiate and AHL levels but really hasn't had much opportunity to emerge at the NHL level. Both are now healthy and being counted on to be productive members of the NHL lineup. Hayes reported to camp in the best shape of his career and had a decent -- not spectacular but solid and healthy -- camp. One of the most encouraging signs from opening night is the way that Konecny and Frost stepped up. He led the Flyers in scoring last with 52 points (16g, 36a) but it was largely a second straight underachieving and excessively streaky season after being an NHL All-Star in 2019-20. As a result, the Flyers shortened the bench and went with 10 forwards for much of the latter portion of the game. Laczynski played well in the opener, both before and after the switch from center to wing. This was not a surprise as none of the players participated in the on-ice practice.