There are moral losses, and then there is the Vancouver Canucks latest loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday — a 4-3 decision that was decided by a shootout.
Instead of leaving Madison Square Garden with their third road win in four games, the Canucks coughed up a pair of third period leads and scored on just two of seven shootout attempts. When all was said and done, it was former Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault and his Blueshirts who walked away with the two points.
The Canucks got the one point, which helped them move into the eighth seed in the Western Conference — and just five back of the Vegas Golden Knights for tops in the Pacific Division.