Great Tanking News! Canucks Match Historic Consecutive Loss Record With Their 10th!

Bad news... there might have been a few Canucks errors in the 2nd. The biggest one was starting the period.

Here's what we learned: The 2026 Nucks can keep the Oil at bay. For a couple 20 minute sessions. For one 20 minute session... not so much.

The Canucks didn't get blown-out. Technically. To achieve blown-out status, the blowers have to score multiple goals on the blowees in every period. It was only one horrendously easy breezy period where the gale force winds whipped through the ROG and past Tolo multiple times. That's not so bad.

But still... if you missed the game... congrats!

Well, if I'm going to miss a #Canucks game that's a pretty good one to miss.

— Ryan avgtraveller (@viewfromtherog.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM

Period 1

This period was looking like the Nucks could preserve a tie. And did. Really.

We even thought things were going pretty well.

Been an entertaining period all around.

-- Twitch

Canucks only got outshot 9-7. That's way better than we could have hoped for.

0-0 after the 1st and we're not worried.

Period 2

If you don't like worry, disappointment, being appalled and disgusted, just skip this 20 minutes of AHL+ Nucks vs the NHL Globetrotters slaughter hockey.

#Canucks were 'Right There' - if you skip the 2nd period, PVR users.

— NucksMisconduct (@nucksmisconduct.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM

Eesh I shouldn't have said anything about it being an entertaining period... the last few minutes the canucks don't seem to be in the game at all.

-- Twitch

As is NM Recap tradition, I only expand on Canucks goals. There were none.

There were many from the oily visitors. Too many actually.

From the 1st one - that sure seemed like goalie interference - to the 2nd goal of the game on the well-oiled PP. Goals 3 thru 6, were the result of some Nucking breakdowns by rookies, vets, tweeners and the ROG lighting.

Would have been harder for the Oil to score in the dark. Maybe not much, but still...

Doesn't matter.

What matters is life went on after the Nucks were outshot 17-9 and outscored 6-0.

Edmonton: 6 goals
Vancouver: 9 shots, and we don't remember them.

-- Thursday

Even that doesn't matter when you're just back from your worst road trip in a decade or so.

They're just absolutely bagged... no legs, no quicks, nothing. That roadtrip, this losing streak... sapped all their 'want to' out of them. The 1st period was as good as they were going to look in this game. UNLESS they do something in the 3rd.

-- ‪Petrishriekandgo on Bluesky

They didn't.

Period 3

Canucks didn't score any goals, but more importantly, Nucks didn't give up a goal. Not even on 4 mins of excrutiating PK time. 2nd worst PK in the NHL didn't allow the best PP to score. That's worth silvered moral-lining points for sure.

Canucks actually outshot the over-fed Oil, 15-9 in the 3rd.

Great final period for the Canucks. We have the game thread comments to prove it.

Silver lining: only lost 1 period and tied the other 2.

-- Atty

Add that to the two periods we won, and we won more than they did! I mean, not the game, sure, but still!

-- Thursday

And to be mathematically fractionally fair, Tolo put together two-thirds of a shutout. But on the cruel integer scale, the visiting Jarry got a whole one.

Canucks in the ROG get shot-out, shouted-out and tired-out 6 nothing. Nothing that scary.

Don't be sad that it happened. Smile because it's over. #Canucks

— Lachlan Irvine (@lachinthecrease.com) January 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM

OBSERVATIONS:

No Nucks scored, that's no good.

Players of Interest:

• BROCK didn't score. Drought is back to 1 game. No big deal. We've seen worse.
• Kane was as terrible as you can imagine, but worse against his old team he should have stayed with.
• EP40 got McOil'd pretty bad. No shots, no points and a -4 in that one little unimportant period.

Tanker copium is back on the menu. Mind the dosage.

It’s tough to be a #Canucks fan and also be on Team Tank, but I think eating this entire box of after dinner mints will help with that.

— CrankyCanucksFan 🇨🇦🏒 (@crankycanucksfan.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM

Oh right... this was no ordinary ROG loss, this was one for the record books. Yay (sigh).

When the #Canucks lost 10 straight in 1997/98, they were outscored 48-19 On this current 10-game losing streak, Vancouver has been outscored 45-17

— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) January 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM

Near symmetric harmony and balance across the Nucking (loss record) ages. How neat.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

It's Hockey Day In Canada on HNIC, we get Shortie and Dave to cover it. Canucks Life Is Good. If you skip just one period.

GAME STATS

COMMENTING OUT LOUD

Petey gets to commiserate with a presser. Lucky him.

Brock didn't score, but gets the home presser too.

Elder Chaos on the cleanup crew.

Footsey getting some teaching moments? At least 20 of them.

It's over. A horrible, not blow-out loss.

Tankermentation can smell pretty bad. But we have to hold our noses and move on, because this fermenting batch of rancid hockey is gonna be stinking up the ROG vat for another 7 games.

If the Canucks lose on Monday to the Isles, it will set a new losing streak record - a new and terrible story for this storied franchise.

And nothing can be done.

JR and PA have done all they can. Things just haven't gone right.

“The changes that we made, we have a playoff team if everything goes right,” 

-- Jim Rutherford

There it is. Things didn't go right and now the tankification slips on its big boy tracks to roll onward to certain doom.

Enjoy the stench, the terrible games for the rest of the season... and next. With a little whiff, a brief taste of hope in June.

Canucks are gonna be setting records! That's something to smile about.