After tonight’s results around the National Hockey League, the Vancouver Canucks have fallen to 32nd overall – dead last – in league standings.

Coming into the night, the Canucks were 30th, ahead of only the Nashville Predators and Calgary Flames.

On Thursday night, the Predators travelled to South Florida to take on the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers. Carter Verhaeghe opened the scoring late in the first period. The Panthers held the lead until late in the third period, when Ryan O’Reilly tied the game with less than seven minutes to go.

This game required overtime, during which long-time Florida resident Steven Stamkos completed the comeback on a nice passing play.

This moved the Predators past the Canucks and into 30th in league standings.

Moving out west, the Flames welcomed the red-hot Minnesota Wild to town. After a scoreless first period, Jonathan Huberdeau scored four minutes into the middle frame. Yakov Trenin tied the game before the second break.

But Calgary quickly regained the lead when Matt Coronato and Connor Zary scored two quick goals less than seven minutes into the third. Rasmus Andersson put the finishing touches on the game when he buried an empty-netter from his own goal line.

And thus, the Canucks’ 10-14-3 record and 23 points have them last in the NHL standings.

Now, based on point percentage, the Canucks are still ahead of the Flames. With the Canucks’ two games in hand on the Flames, they could very well pass them in either of their back-to-back games this weekend.

The points column is not the only statistic in which the Canucks are dead last. Vancouver’s 3.63 goals against per game also sits 32nd in the league. Their 2.86 goals per game rank 23rd, but it’s really been the team’s defence that has led them to this point.

So, where does this team go from here? Is this the wake-up call for the players to turn their season around? Or is this the point where management sees how this season is going and decides it’s time to take advantage of what is truly a seller’s market?