The Vancouver Canucks have to be pleased about their effort against the top team in the Western Conference, but blowing a 3-1 lead and losing into overtime limits the optimism of how well they performed.
On one hand, Anders Nilsson was once again sharp — not to be blamed for any of the goals that came via awful positioning from his defencemen. Markus Granlund busted his slump with a short-handed goal, while Brock Boeser and Sven Baertschi also lit the lamp. The Killer B’s Line is still surging.
But on the flip side, the blue line once again continued to falter.