‘CANUCKS LITE’ BURN HOST FLAMES

VANCOUVER 5, CALGARY 3

Defenceman Jalen Chatfield scored once and added two assists as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 5-3 Wednesday in NHL preseason action in Calgary. Chatfield, 21, was signed by Vancouver as a free agent last March after playing three junior seasons with the Ontario Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires.

Anton Rodin, Brock Boeser, Nikolay Goldobin and Jake Virtanen also scored for Vancouver (2-1-0). The Canucks roster was comprised almost entirely of prospects with all the club’s veterans at the 2017 NHL China Games exhibition with the Los Angeles Kings.

Tanner Glass, Ryan Lomberg and Mark Jankowski scored for Calgary (0-3-0), which also had several youngsters, but did feature veterans such as Mikael Backlund, Michael Frolik and Kris Versteeg. Vancouver entered the second period down 3-1, but tied it on goals by Boeser and Goldobin. Chatfield helped set up both.