A blowout loss to the Kings, including giving up three goals in the first ten minutes, left the Canucks once again out of a playoff spot.

Turcotte scores twice and adds an assist – all in the first 10 minutes – as the Kings thump Vancouver, 5-1. Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala and Warren Foegele also score.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist — all in the first 10 minutes — as the Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Thursday night. Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal ...

Alex Turcotte had two goals and an assist while leading the visiting Los Angeles Kings to a 5-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Adrian

VANCOUVER, British Columbia ... as the Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks, 5-1, on Thursday night. Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist, Warren Foegele ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia ... Los Angeles Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Thursday night. Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist.

Adrian Kempe and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and an assist ... Thatcher Demko made 16 saves for the Canucks. Vancouver has lost six of seven and fallen out of the Western Conference’s second ...

Busts slump with two points

Midway through the season, there are a number of teams and players underperforming. These are the ones with the most cause for concern.

There was a time when we thought this edition of the Vancouver Canucks were close to being a real, serious Stanley Cup contender. Those thoughts feel like they’re in another dimension, another reality at this point.

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On Saturday night in Vancouver, the Canucks were somewhat soundly outplayed in the opening 20 minutes but managed to come out of the first period thanks to some misses at the goal mouth from Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Lars Eller and thanks to one of the most absurd individual offensive efforts you’ll see all season from a blueliner.