The Flyers took the long way home, starting the season with a four-game, Western road trip. When they arrived at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday the crowd was buzzing in anticipation of the home opener.

The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Philadelphia Flyers with a 3-0 shutout win during Tyler Myers' 1,000th NHL game.

Kevin Lankinen made 26 saves for his fourth career shutout as the Vancouver Canucks spoiled the Philadelphia Flyers' home opener with a 3-0 victory on Saturday night.

Ersson surrendered two goals in a 50-second span of the second period as the Canucks seized full control. The Flyers, trailing 1-0 before that, made a concerted push to open the middle stanza but came up empty. Vancouver then took the wind out of the Flyers' sails with those back-to-back goals.

The Flyers were finally home, Matvei Michkov skated officially in front of the home crowd, but the whole team fell flat in a shutout from Vancouver.

Nothing went right for the Flyers Saturday night, much like too many nights over too many seasons of the recent past. Sure, it’s a might early to kick this team when it’s down again, though it might seem the appropriate response to a 3-0 home opener of a loss to the Vancouver Canucks.

The rookie laps are done and the NHL debuts are over. But there may be some nerves for Jett Luchanko if he laces his skates up and hits the ice for warmups for his first regular-season game at the Wells Fargo Center.