I’m tired boss. Editor’s note: Don’t worry, pizza party coming up soon. 

The Vancouver Canucks got shelled on their home ice, losing 5-0 to the Seattle Kraken as the final death knells to their playoff hopes sounded. They’re not completely eliminated, but it’s really, really not looking great. Despite the scoreline, it wasn’t as horrific as a statistical performance that one might expect in a 5-0 game. At the same time though, it was clear that the Canucks were definitely not moving the needle enough to win this game.

Here’s the loss, by the numbers.

As always, you can find our glossary guide of advanced stats here.

When the Canucks couldn’t make anything happen on two back to back powerplays to start the game, there was a sense that something was going to go wrong. The opening period featured two teams that struggled to get much of anything going, but it was Seattle that managed to capitalize on an opportunity to jump into the lead, which was really symbolic of how this night was going to go. Vancouver would go on to record 11 high-danger chances between the second and third periods, only to come up completely empty while the Kraken piled on goals against the flow of the game. It was a little absurd – the Canucks posted 81.18 xGF% in the second, only allowing 0.25 xGA, only to give up two goals against.

The heat map demonstrates that the Canucks were pretty good at 5v5 in getting chances, but awful at converting on them. Vancouver wall all over the shop, holding a 29-12 overall scoring chance lead at 5v5 play and 43-18 when accounting for all situations. Those margins translated into an 11-5 HDCF lead at 5v5 and 17-7 overall HDCF lead. But even with that, even with a hot spot that far outstripped anything that the Kraken managed to create, the Canucks still couldn’t put one into the back of the net. And, it was Seattle that made the most of everything they got, even if they weren’t the best looks in the world.

Corsi Champ: Nils Åman led the Canucks in the Corsi department with a 73.68 CF%. Playing primarily against the Kraken’s middle 6, the Swede did well for himself, making sure that he was playing a solid, responsible game at both ends of the ice. With how Åman has been thrust way higher in the lineup than most would like him to be playing, the results are definitely not the worst thing in the world. At the same time, Åman doesn’t bring many game-breaking qualities to this team, even when he is posting numbers like that.

Corsi Chump: Teddy Blueger was the only Canuck to finish below 50.00 CF%, with a team-low 47.62 CF% to his name. It demonstrates the territorial advantages that the team enjoyed last night, and there was always going to be one player that came out with the short end of the stick. Blueger was also one of the only Canucks to finish with a negative high-danger chance differential, with a 1-2 margin to his name during his TOI. Considering that a large majority of his opposition were the Kraken’s top 6, it’s understandable, and the bright spot is that Blueger wasn’t on ice for a single 5v5 goal against.

xGF: It was Nils Åman that led the Canucks in xGF% with a very solid 87.88 to his name. A large part of that was due to the team-best 0.11 xGA that he gave up, with an 8-1 scoring chance lead and 3-0 HDCF split. But, even with those kinds of numbers, Åman was still on ice for a goal against, which unfortunately just seemed to be a common theme for this team last night. Elias Pettersson (woah, really?) led the Canucks with a 1.37 xGF last night – perhaps he has some more offensive chops than one might’ve expected?

GSAx: This one sucks. Thatcher Demko only faced a total of 1.87 xGF from the Kraken last night, meaning that he gave up a -2.13 GSAx in his worst performance since coming back from injury. The goal distribution wasn’t the kindest to him either, with just one goal against coming from high-danger chances. Two were low-danger, and one was middle-danger for a pretty rough outing from the netminder. Again, the team in front of him was getting chances but not burying anything – and Demko simply didn’t do enough between the pipes to even try and steal this game.

The Canucks had a moral victory of moral victories. The stats show that they probably should’ve won this game. But the results show otherwise – this was a team that got clobbered by a team eliminated from the playoff race. Vancouver simply got blown out in a must-win game to even try and keep their minuscule playoff chances alive. This one is going to sting for a bit, but at least, it provides some more clarity as to this team’s future heading into the final stretch of games.

Vancouver hosts the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday for their next game.