Total Tanking News! Canucks Lose 8th Straight Road Game!

Good news... PO Joe got his 1st goal as a Canuck! 1st goal in 71 games! D-Petey scored too!

Here's what we learned:

Sometimes when you're the worst team in the league and you take your mom to watch you play in Vegas, it might be better to get her some Cirque tickets. Or at least keep the hooch flowing fast and often.

Like last game, Canucks didn't get shutout - scored 2 goals, as per quota rules. Only this time the goals came from blueliners turned snipers. That was pretty cool. However, Nucks have still not won a road game in 2026 - but have lost 8 straight. So they are balancing that Home/Away stat. That's good to see - in a last place sort of way.

At least this final game before the Olympic break wasn't a blowout loss. It was the average 5-2 loss we've seen often enough over a few minutes of brainfarty D-coverage.

Tank you for watching.

Folks, I'm beginning to get a sneaking suspicion that the Vancouver #Canucks are not good.

— Daniel Wagner (@passittobulis.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM

Period 1

Canucks didn't allow the house to score in the entire 20 minutes of play. Impressive.

Also didn't score any goal themselves. Not that impressive, but still a tie is often all we need. After 5 minutes of scoreless OT.

Wooo! #Canucks preserve the tie! Only 2 plus periods to Lanky time to go.

— NucksMisconduct (@nucksmisconduct.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM

Nucks also got a PP for display purposes. As did Vegas, but the Nucks PK did that miracle on ice thing and killed it off. Those were the only penalties of the game.

Shoulda been more as Colesar charged D-Petey into / onto / over the boards. Nasty dirty hit. No call. D-Petey looked hurt, but returned to the play in the 2nd - for some ice cold revenge - goal style.

Period 2

This isn't a Canucks-friendly period as 2nd periods of most any game are not even frenemies anymore.

Vegas breaks into the zone, Stone drops for Anderson who passes to Eichel. Eichel then, uses Kampf as screen and worse, shoots the puck between Kampf's non-shot-blocking legs to score.

1-0 Vegas. Big deal. Can they keep the lead tho?

Yes, they can. A minute later and Vegas on the rush catches Nucks on a change and checking on their moms. Not fair. Reinhardt breaks in on Lanky, dekes and scores.

2-0 Vegas and happily that wasn't the GWG.

Even better, Blueger springs Ohgren for our own Nucking rush. D-Petey joins the rush and beats the Vegan tender glove side.

GOT ONE BACK!

Elias Pettersson the Not-Forward scores!

-- Thursday

Game almost tied 2-1.

For not long enough. 30 seconds later, Nucks infamous D-zone coverage got hypnotized by the crafty Stone - who setup the Barber of Chev for a goal that Lanky wants back.

3-1 Knighties and that was the GWG. Not much of a spoiler.

Nucks do comeback to spoil something something. Another possible revenge goal.

PO Joeseph put a shot into the open net. Yet the Vegan tender flung his Vegan body into the puck's pass in the final millisecond. So frustrating.

Then in the final 10 seconds of the period, the Canucks or at least Blueger and Gnarland create some O-zone pushback. Pushback the puck to Joseph, who fakes a shot and then shoots a shot to score.

Back to an almost tie after 2! Nucks trail 3-2 against the house.

POJO gets his first as a Canucks after being absolutely robbed by Schmid earlier in the period. That has to be a huge relief, as that earlier open net would have haunted my dreams if I were him. #Canucks

— Daniel Wagner (@passittobulis.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM

Period 3

With a mere single goal deficit and getting goals from unexpected snipers, we might have thought there was a small to microscopic chance the Nucks could comeback, tie and take us to the happy place - Lanky time.

Not to be. Couple minutes in and Knight-lites are pressing. Creating some chaos. Our own chaos generator can't corral the puck or a player and Mitch from T-dot passes to Dorthy for the backdoor goal.

And since that wasn't dispiriting enough, Nucks zone-out in the D-zone a minute later resulting in a Holz-in-one goal close-in.

This is less than ideal defensive structure from the #Canucks

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— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM

With that genius display of sure-Footed defense, the Nucks have a 3 goal deficit to un-def. Which would mean vastly exceeding their strict 2 goal quota. So they don't.

It's like the Globetrotters vs the Generals in here all of a sudden. #Canucks

— Lachlan Irvine (@lachinthecrease.com) February 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM

Vegas hang on, pretty easily and coast to a 5-2 win over the Canucks.

Oof. #Canucks and Vegas really dragged the body of that game over the line. ...and why does the Vegas goal horn sound like a seat belt alarm?

— Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM

Finally, we can move on from this stinky basement style of hockey and prepare for a more fashionable style. Olympic style.

During the Olympic break, most NHL teams will see their point totals trend sharply downwards. By comparison, the #Canucks trend line will look much better.

— Steve Burgess (@steveburgess53.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM

Thanks! Silver linings... so thin as to be transparent.

— NucksMisconduct (@nucksmisconduct.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM

OBSERVATIONS:

Nucks got their tank on the road and it didn't fail to roll. That's sorta good.

Players of Interest:

• Ohgren - Teddy - Gnarly line was the best Canucks line. The other forward lines? Not so much.
• Petey added another sub-average performance in prep for the Olympics or something.
• FUN FACT: OEL and EP40 have the same number of points this season. And both are getting paid big dollars by the Canucks. Smart buyout PA. Even smarter $92M contract signing.
• Kane didn't take a stupid penalty. Didn't do much of anything, but wait for a call from his agent that never came.

As noted last game, Footey is looking to be among the worst NHL coaches of all time. Pierre McGuire's coaching record was better.

Tank commander indeed. And that's why PA has praised his work, his inarticulate defensive system and will be keeping him at least until the bitter end of the season. Possibly longer. We'll have to recalibrate our own bitterness by then.

Still... there's some hope over the tradeline.

I hope we sign Blueger as a free agent in the summer after we trade him. He is now our best centre. The line with Garland and Ohgren is clicking. #Canucks

— DJTaxman77 (@taxman77.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

Shortie and Dave in Vegas to drink on air. At least we hope so.

GAME STATS

COMMENTING OUT LOUD

Joseph's 1st presser. And goal!

D-Petey with a goal and a presser too!

Footsey gots some good things going on with job security.

Wooooo! Our suffering is over for weeks! We can take the time to regirdle our drafty bellies, attend #Canucks fan therapy sessions and set our unmet expectations on the TDL where JR/PA run out the clock. Good times!

— NucksMisconduct (@nucksmisconduct.bsky.social) February 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM

That's all folks! (Thankfully). At least this dreadful section of the broken season is over and we can catch a break, even if the Nucks can't.

Even with the Olympic break, Canucks off ice drama will percolate. Perhaps even boil over, with the arrest of former 1st pick fav, Gavin McKenna - arrested for aggravated assault and could face 20 years of jail time in PA.

Enjoy the break! And Go Canada Go!