Tonight, we get a look at a team in utter disarray. The entire league is watching things fall apart here, and wondering just what the hell is going on with this embarrassment of a franchise. And now they have to play the Ottawa Senators!

Vancouver Canucks (16-24-5) vs. Ottawa Senators (20-19-5)

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON

4:00 pm PST; 7:00 pm EST

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, TSN 5

Radio: Sportsnet 650

Last night, the Canucks were doing the usual Canucks thing: Somehow managing to stay close, when they really had no business being in it. And then the third period came, and just over a minute later, the game was over. I don't know if this is an intentional tank, but it's an effective one. The Canucks are just getting embarrassed right now, as they move to winless in seven straight, and a chance to either stop it in it's tracks, or hit a new low as they take on a team struggling in their own right, the Ottawa Senators.

You may have seen the news last week, where some rumours about widespread infidelity amongst Senators players exploded, and Sens GM Steve Staios made things definitely better by commenting about it in a way that changed minds from "Did this really happen?" to "Oh, god! This definitely happened!" While things are not quite as drastic, the Sens have also lost four straight in regulation, and with their chances of battling back for a wild card slot in the East starting to fade, they're definitely going to come out fighting tonight.

After a rough night for Nikita Tolopilo in the crease against the Habs, the Canucks will turn to Kevin Lankinen to try and stop the bleeding, but honestly, with the impotent power play, god-awful penalty kill, and defence that seems like nothing more than a concept, he too could be in for a difficult evening. It's a tough week for the Canucks, as they have the final game of this road trip on Thursday in Columbus, then it's back home after one day of rest and surprise! It's McDavid and Draisaitl and another chance to get clowned on Hockey Night In Canada!

LINEUPS

From that nhl dot com thingy, here's tonight's list of combatants:

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson

Conor Garland -- David Kampf -- Brock Boeser

Liam Ohgren -- Max Sasson -- Drew O’Connor

Evander Kane -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander

Tom Willander -- Filip Hronek

Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers

Marcus Pettersson -- Victor Mancini

Kevin Lankinen

Nikita Tolopilo

Scratched: Arshdeep Bains, P.O Joseph

Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Kiefer Sherwood (undisclosed), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Senators projected lineup

Fabian Zetterlund -- Tim Stutzle -- Drake Batherson

Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Claude Giroux

Ridly Greig -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio

Nick Cousins -- Lars Eller -- David Perron

Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven -- Jordan Spence

Leevi Merilainen

Hunter Shepard

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo, James Reimer

Injured: None

Zeev Buium will return to the lineup tonight, after being a healthy scratch in Montreal, but who comes out is anyone's guess. P.O. Joseph isn't an automatic, so we'll just wait and see what Adam Foote does tonight. No other changes, it would appear.

GAME DAY CHATTER

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

This album celebrated it's 40th anniversary last week, and what an absolute gamechanger it was. One of the first true crossover albums, these NYHC kids put out an album still revered by many to this day. From 'Life Of Dreams', this is CRUMBSUCKERS, and 'Shits Creek'.

Enjoy the game, folks. Fuck fascists, worldwide. Go Canucks tank!