{"id":303181,"date":"2025-11-24T05:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303181\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T05:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T05:56:07","slug":"canucks-crash-and-burn-in-5-2-loss-to-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/303181\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks crash and burn in 5-2 loss to Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at\u00a0CanucksArmy<\/a>\u00a0where we give you our instant reaction to tonight\u2019s\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a>\u00a0game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!Starting Lineup<\/p>\n

Warmup #Canucks<\/a> lines vs. @NHLFlames<\/a> <\/p>\n

Kane. EP40. DeBrusk.
\nBoeser. K\u00e4mpf. Garland.
\nO\u2019Connor. R\u00e4ty. Sherwood.
\nMacEachern. Sasson. Karlsson.<\/p>\n

Hughes. Myers.
\nMP29. Hronek.
\nEP25. Willander. <\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd45Lankinen\ud83e\udd45 <\/p>\n

6pm on @Sportsnet650<\/a> <\/p>\n

sportsnet.ca\/650<\/a> <\/p>\n

First Period<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Filip Hronek opens the scoring on the Canucks first shot of the game!<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

1-0 Canucks.<\/p>\n

The Flames wouldn\u2019t take too long to respond with\u2026 well, flames. Midway through the second, Rasmus Andersson practically stole the Canucks\u2019 playbook when he threw a puck through the hashmarks for Morgan Frost to redirect past Kevin Lankinen.<\/p>\n

Morgan Frost ties the game for the Calgary Flames.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

1-1 Flames.<\/p>\n

Then just 35 seconds later, the Flames regained the zone and Blake Coleman put a weak shot on net. Before it could get there, Mikael Backlund got inside positioning to whack the puck a Lankinen\u2019s pad, and the rebound popped out to Connor Zary for his first goal since opening night against these same Canucks.<\/p>\n

Connor Zary scores shortly after the Flames tied things up to take a 2-1 lead over the Canucks.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

2-1 Flames.<\/p>\n

Takeaways from the first:<\/p>\n

Quinn Hughes has already played nearly TEN(!) minutes. He is not human.Jake DeBrusk just can\u2019t buy a goal on Dustin Wolf so far, but he\u2019s also looked the most dangerous. Let\u2019s see if he can find his finish.The Canucks should be able to beat these Flames, but they need their put their stamp on the power play opportunities they get. Two have already gone by with no dice, you might not get many more.Second Period<\/p>\n

The second period was when the mid-off really began. Through the first ten minutes, neither team could muster more than three shots on goal.<\/p>\n

But then the Flames finally broke through again after the halfway mark. After some sustained pressure in the Canucks zone, a Kevin Bahl shot from distance banked off of Tom Willander\u2019s skate near the crease and into the net.<\/p>\n

Kevin Bahl banks it off Tom Willander to put the Flames up 3-1.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

3-1 Flames.<\/p>\n

Then finally, before the second period drew to a close, another shot from distance got stopped by Lankinen in front, but Yegor Sharangovich knocked the rebound out of midair and into the net.<\/p>\n

Yegor Sharangovich scores on the rebound to make it 4-1 Flames.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

If this game is supposed to be a joke, nobody\u2019s laughing.<\/p>\n

Takeaways from the second:<\/p>\n

There were lots of bad passes from both teams in this period. There was one shift where I swear both teams combined for five consecutive turnovers.Right after the Flames 3-1 goal, Evander Kane got himself thrown in the box for unsportsmanlike conduct because he wouldn\u2019t stop talking. Way to help the team, dude.The Goldeneyes and the Whitecaps are in the building tonight! It\u2019s really nice of the city\u2019s big clubs to show up and support the local minor league team.Gavin McKenna would look really cool in a Canucks jersey.Third Period<\/p>\n

The third period was an absolute slog and a half, between one team that knew they were about to win and one that knows their time as a group is running short.<\/p>\n

The Flames got some insurance on a Canucks power play (yes, you read that correctly) when Brock Boeser made a rare giveaway to Backlund, who found Blake Coleman streaking through the middle for a deflected shot through Kevin Lankinen.<\/p>\n

Brock Boeser turns the puck over at the point, and Blake Coleman pokes home the Flames\u2019 5th of the night.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

5-1 Flames.<\/p>\n

It was going to take a Herculean effort to get the Canucks out of this hole. The closest they could get was a fantastic Quinn Hughes end to end rush where he singlehandedly got through the whole Flames lineup and beat Dustin Wolf shortside on his own rebound.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Quinn Hughes gets that Coleman goal right back to make it a 5-2 game.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

5-2 Flames.<\/p>\n

The Canucks pulled Lankinen with just under five minutes to go to try and cut the deficit down. The good news is they didn\u2019t allow any extra Calgary goals. The bad news is that they also didn\u2019t score any themselves.<\/p>\n

If Thursday\u2019s game against the Dallas Stars was one of the Canucks\u2019 best efforts, this one against the second last team in the league that played in Calgary last night was easily one of their worst. There\u2019s nothing good to glean from this game. The only true takeaway here is that this team, as of right now, has no real future. Time to pull the plug.<\/p>\n

Takeaways from the third:<\/p>\n

Filip Hronek\u2019s great play has been one of the few bright spots. He\u2019s basically the duct tape holding the hull of the Titanic together, and that continued tonight.David Kampf played in this game\u2026 reportedly. I genuinely didn\u2019t notice him make a play once, and he\u2019s the second line centre.Nothing matters. Eat Arby\u2019s.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your instant reaction to tonight\u2019s game? Let us know in the comments section below, and be sure to read Wyatt\u2019s Stanchies later on tonight!<\/p>\n

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