The Canucks face a seemingly impossible task now after another loss to the Blues. (imacSportsnet)
said Wednesday. “It looks like a lot and a big task when you look at the big picture. But you focus on the next game. Vegas is obviously a team that is right ahead of us. That's a huge game coming on Sunday, so we look forward to that one and go from there. Really, all you can do is take it one at a time. Obviously, you need some bounces and some luck along the way in terms of watching around the league.
“You can’t think about ‘we need this amount of games,’” Pettersson said. “You've just got to try win the next game. That's what we can do.”’s shot ticked him on its way to the net at 15:11 of the third period. But it was also Pettersson’s turnover on the power play that turned the game in less than two minutes later in the second period.
When Canucks penalty killing, historically bad at the start of the season and ranked last for most of it, finally inched into 31st place during Monday’s 4-1 loss in St. Louis, there was some mock celebration in Vancouver. But given one chance to fail on Wednesday, the penalty kill did.