Credit the Vancouver Canucks. Without top players in Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi and Chris Tanev, they’re finding every possible way to lose. On Tuesday night, they managed to score five goals on the great Carey Price, yet somehow managed to lose 7-5.
Thomas Vanek scored a hat trick and added an assist. That should be more than enough to win most games. Instead, the Canucks let a team that averages 2.74 goals per game put up seven on them. That’s just not acceptable.
Some folks may be quick to point the blame at Anders Nilsson, but he didn’t stand a chance on five of the six goals he surrendered.