In what was the first of five straight home games, the New York Rangers were hoping to snap a three-game losing streak, although that mission got off to the worse possible start.
Vancouver were better in every single department in the first period and they scored three goals in three completely different ways.
Bo Horvat got the scoring started early with a goal on the power play, a man advantage that had previously struggled to convert while on the road.
And, not for the first time this year, a failure to convert on their own power play came back to haunt the Blueshirts twice in quick succession.