Canucks get an even tougher opponent to play against in the 2nd of a home B-2-B.

WILD (15-8-5) at CANUCKS (10-15-3)

10 p.m. ET; CITY, SNP, FDSNNOX, FDSNWI

Things are all falling in place for the Canucks. Falling to the bottom of the standings while playing better overall. The Franny/Rutherford/Alvin tinkering at the edges of futility has proven futile.

The Canucks in their storied and sordid history have never ever fallen to 32nd place in league standings. EVER. Sure, it's a trick stat, since NHL only got their 32nd team recently, but still...

Last night, Canucks out-played, out-chanced the Woolies and lost. Nucks puck luck is pretty flucked up and we have the stats to prove it.

Now that we've accepted (for now) our place in the stinky basement of Gary's parody league, it's time to enjoy some of our fav players, while they're still here.

ENJOY THE SPECIAL QUIET. THE TRANQUILITY OF KNOWING IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER.

Better in 5 to 10 years? Maybe. Or not. Doesn't matter anymore.

Ok Francesco Aquilini, it's time to give Jim Rutherford and Patrick Allvin the boot. Get some management who actually know what they are doing before these two imbeciles trade away everyone for 4th liners. #Canucks

— Maple Poutine 🇨🇦 (@gluegunstanley.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM

And #firefoote, too.

— Vern Faulkner (Part owner of Canada) (@vernfaulkner.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Cheer or don't cheer. Fire Foote or don't. Fire Alvin or don't. Sell the team or don't.

Doesn't matter. We've seen the bottom and we've seen off our very last glimpse of faint hope. That's enough. For now.

GAMEDAY CHATTER

Very worried that Aqua is going to fire this management group, who will in turn fire Foote and completely ruin the tank. Everyone knows the season is done, so please just let it play out ffs. #Canucks

— Geordie Canuck (@geordiecanuck.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM

Elias Pettersson plays his 500th NHL game tonight. His 479 points are the most by any player in #Canucks history through their first 500 games. Doesn't matter if a player started their career in Vancouver or were traded after playing NHL games, Pettersson leads everyone.

— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) December 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM

Celebrate Pete's achievement and $92M reward. Celebrate the little things. But not Little Things. Enjoy the moment while we look back fondly on the 2020 fake Cup run when this core was young and full of promise.

GAMEDAY LINEUPS

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Danila Yurov -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy

Yakov Trenin -- Nico Sturm -- Vladimir Tarasenko

Liam Ohgren -- Ryan Hartman -- Tyler Pitlick

Jacob Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon

Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber

Zeev Buium -- Zach Bogosian

Jesper Wallstedt

Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight, Ben Jones

Injured: Marcus Foligno (lower body), Vinnie Hinostroza (lower body), Marco Rossi (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson

Brock Boeser -- Max Sasson -- Conor Garland

Drew O'Connor -- David Kampf -- Kiefer Sherwood

Arshdeep Bains -- Aatu Raty -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Elias Nils Pettersson -- Tyler Myers

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Nikita Tolopilo

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Lukas Reichel, P.O. Joseph

Injured: Evander Kane (illness), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Status report

Yurov will return after missing two games with an undisclosed injury, replacing Hartman on the top forward line, replacing Jones. … Rossi, a forward out since Nov. 11, remains week to week. … The Canucks did not hold a morning skate. … Tolopilo is expected to start after Lankinen made 14 saves in a 4-1 loss to the Utah Mammoth on Friday. … Kane, a top-line(ish) forward who missed the game Friday, could return (unfortunately).

GAMEDAY BATTLE HYMN

Canucks are the worst of the worst. The lowest ranked of the low. The baddest of the bad. Bad to the groan. Or worse.

Fuck the NHL, broligarchs and fascism. Go Canucks Go.