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.

The Orange and Black were booed throughout the night by packed house, as they never found their game in their first game since coming back from their Western road trip.

If you were looking for a statement win from the Vancouver Canucks to prove they’d shaken off their early season rust, you got exactly what you ordered on Saturday night.

After wrapping up a four-game road trip Thursday in Seattle and flying home Friday, the Flyers just didn't have it for Saturday night's home opener. They weren't sharp and they were outplayed in a 3-0 blanking to the Canucks at the Wells Fargo Center.

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.

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 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.

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.