Great Tanking News! Canucks Keeping The Basement Warm At Home!

Bad news... Nucks losing and losing and losing some more isn't too much fun to watch.

Here's what we learned:

If you're willing to put in the years puttering around the basement, eventually the league will toss you a few high picks and a generational talent leading you into the playoffs in 5 short years.

If you're lucky to be based in an American market Gary feels is important.

If you're a Canadian wet coast team that Gary prefers wearing Georgia peach hockey colours, then tough pineapple express for you.

Canucks have some tough seasons ahead. Which is balanced by all the tough seasons behind.

Is that so bad?

This is worse than the Willie Desjardins days. Worse than the Mike Keenan era. Maybe as bad as Bill La Forge’s ‘legendary’ run. Just an awful, awful hockey club right now. #Canucks

— Kent Basky (@kentbasky.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM

Ok, fine. When Kent says it's bad, it's bad. Really bad.

Since the Nucks are in the deep end of historic losing, one wonders not if, but when Footey gets to stay home and punch the TV like the rest of us.

Let's find out!

Period 1

Nucks get the FIRST Goal of the GAME! No, really.

Willi scores through a screen off a nice pass from Petey.

We're WINNING!

That's not exactly correct.

Nucks lead is very short. Shorter than a Garland minute?

I remember when we held the lead …..for 36 seconds #Canucks

— Rhonda Cates (@rhondacates.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM

Local kid night in the ROG. Again. Macaroni scores - because as ever, Nucks can't clear the zone. And Mack has a wicked shot.

As ever, couple Nucks forwards blow the zone before the puck clears the zone. And it's not just local kid night, but honoring former Nucks as Gaudette scored on Lanky.

But wait! There's more! As ever, Nucks can't breakout, but Nucks killer is waiting. Toffee puts the puck past Lanky on the 6th Sharks shot of the game. 25th goal he's scored on the various Nucks teams over the seasons.

Six minutes into the game and Nucks have already lost. And Lanky is pulled out of the Shark-infested frozen waters.

Period ends, thankfully, with the Nucks only down 3-1. Outshot 15-8.

The down side of playing run-and-gun is that other teams have more guns...

-- Thursday

And more run... and more Toffee. Long night.

-- jimmi

Gonna be a long night, #Canucks. Don't forget to wait until late 3rd for the pushback.

— NucksMisconduct (@nucksmisconduct.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM

Period 2

Nucks don't have a horrible 2nd period.

Only gave up a single goal on the PK.

4-1 Sharks.

Canucks get a PP, but unluckily it became a 5-on-3 which meant the Nucks special teams had too much time and space to score.

Can’t really fault the #Canucks for their approach on that 5-on-3 power play. Some great cross-seam passes and lots of pucks to the net. Honestly unlucky not to score.

— Daniel Wagner (@passittobulis.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 8:42 PM

Sorry Daniel. Praising a Canuck 5-3 power play that doesn’t score is the equivalent of pulling the fly shit out of the pepper.

— Steve Tripp 🇨🇦 (@trippsteve.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM

4-1 Sharks after 2. Outshot Nucks 12-11.

Still Nucks had an entertaining moment.

Meyers and Garland standing at the bench before the 2-man down PK looked like Bring Your Kid To Work Day. #Canucks

— Hard2BGreene (@hard2bgreene.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM

Kane had a fight and got an extra 2 to carry into the 3rd.

Kane really looking for that trade! Finally dropping the gloves after Liljegren(!) challenges him.

-- Thursday

Period 3

The Sharks finish off their 5-on-3 to start the 3rd. And... guess what... they score!

Nucks kill off the remaining 14 seconds so they're only down 5-1 early 3rd.

The Tank engines are rumbling… #Canucks

— CrankyCanucksFan 🇨🇦🏒 (@crankycanucksfan.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 9:07 PM

Still there's a little token excitement for the ROG.

Nucks PP score a PP goal! No, really.

DeBrusk and Petey setup Ronnie for blast from the line, a blast from the past. Wooo!

Gooooooaaaaallllll!!!!!!! The just-shy-of-a-full comeback is Hron! #Canucks

— Ryan avgtraveller (@viewfromtherog.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM

Nucks are quite shy. So shy even with 3 minutes remaining, Footey didn't pull the goalie... Oh right... He pulled Lanky early in the 1st. Never mind.

Rebuilt Sharks defeat Nucks 5-2. Keeping the Canucks 2-11-2 home record intact.

With Brock, Zeev and Demmers gone, nobody can come within a mile of our bottom basement.

At least that worry is gone and we can safely root for a win every game. Knowing, of course, that it will never happen.
What a weird way to be a Canucks fan.

-- Atty

Weird? Nah... just wildly delusional and eccentric. And cool. Very hip to hang with the worst of the worst.

Not a loss with dignity. But a loss all the same. #Canucks iron grip on the basement is very grippy.

— NucksMisconduct (@nucksmisconduct.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 9:39 PM

We have the first and last goal.
The Sharks have the filling. It's called the Shark-sandwich.

-- Atty

OBSERVATIONS:

Nucks might have won, if only they had Mack and Smitty on their team. They don't, so they didn't.

Players of Interest:

• Willi looked great all game and got a goal!
• Petey had a couple assists.
• Nucks PP scored! Didn't give up a shortie. Wooo!

Shorty talks about the Sharks being near the bottom for 5 years before getting to where they are today.
Now imagine watching the Canucks having games like this for 5 years.
410 games....

-- Atty

Yeeeeep!

Don't forget the other teams, too. Anaheim, Chicago, Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia...

-- Thursday

I didn't realize that being a Canucks fan is really hard work.

-- Atty

Hard, tough work. But we're here for it. Unless we can sub-contract some of the heavy tear lifting.

Macklin had a goal and 3 assists which offers a little shiny silver-lining to look forward to next month.

The great part of today’s #canucks game was watching and knowing that young Master Macklin will be playing for 🇨🇦Team Canada🇨🇦

— 🇨🇦 BiPolar Guide 🇨🇦 pronouns: who, whom, whoever, whomever. (@bipolarguide.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 9:44 PM

Canucks are in that weird world where the most dangerous time for them is right after a goal, either for or against.

Ah, well. Haven't lost by three goals since, uh... 12 days ago.
Hm.

-- Thursday

The #Canucks goal should be to have at least one Canadian player on Team Canada in the 2030 Olympics. Or maybe one player on every team. We barely have one on Team Sweden this year.

— DJTaxman77 (@taxman77.bsky.social) January 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Shortie and Dave to cover another sharkfest.

GAME STATS

COMMENTING OUT LOUD

Ronnie with the goal and the presser. And grumpy about the loss.

Tom evaluates the Nucks game - like a vet.

Tolo played great and gets to talk about it.

Footsey getting ready to punch something. Maybe a reporter.

Not a good game. Nor a decent loss. But we take the losses as they come. Not all the losing will be pretty.

Only a couple more home humiliation games left before the Nucks go out on the road to lose a couple more before the Olympics. At least the Canucks can't lose more than 4 games in February. Small Steps.