On Wednesday night, the Vancouver Canucks were dealt their second painful and disheartening loss in four nights, this time a 4-2 defeat at the hands of the Arizona Coyotes.
This took place three days after Sunday’s colossal meltdown against the Columbus Blue Jackets, where a 3-1 period lead somehow ended as a 5-3 loss. Vancouver somehow squandered away four coulda-shoulda-woulda points. And they didn’t pick up a single one.
The Canucks have now lost four straight games. They are barely hanging on to the top wild card spot in the Western Conference. The Coyotes and Winnipeg Jets are tied with Vancouver in points (74), but they’ve both played two extra games.