The Vancouver Canucks’ skid kept rolling Thursday night, and the Winnipeg Jets made sure it never felt close.
Vancouver dropped a 6-2 decision in Winnipeg, extending its losing streak to four games and leaving the Canucks at 3-14-1 on the season. They’ve now won just one of their last 14 games.
The night started poorly and never really turned around. Winnipeg jumped ahead 3-1 after the first period and kept pressing from there, building a lead the Canucks couldn’t touch. By the end of the night, the Jets had turned a rough opening frame into a four-goal win.
Liam Öhgren and Brock Boeser scored for Vancouver, with Öhgren getting the Canucks on the board in the first period and Boeser adding a goal late in the third. Jacob Quillan picked up the assist on Boeser’s tally. Vancouver also got 23 saves from Leevi Meriläinen, who faced 29 shots.
But the story was less about the goals the Canucks scored than the chances they gave away. Their defensive-zone work was a problem all night, with missed assignments and a lack of physical play allowing Winnipeg to control the game in the offensive end. The effort level, in particular, stood out for all the wrong reasons.
Meriläinen’s night also fit the larger pattern that has followed him lately. The 24-year-old has now allowed at least five goals in three of his past six games and has not registered a save percentage over .900 since October 15. Some of that damage comes from the team in front of him, but he also hasn’t looked fully settled, with rebound control and positioning both issues.
Winnipeg got scoring from all over the lineup. Alex Iafallo opened the game with a power-play goal at 3:49 of the first, with Haydn Fleury and Dawson Mercer drawing the assists.
Cole Koepke made it 2-0 just 14 seconds later, finishing a setup from Morgan Barron. Öhgren answered at 6:51, but Dawson Mercer restored the Jets’ two-goal cushion at 14:04.
The Jets kept building from there. Neal Pionk scored at 6:52 of the second period, and Mark Scheifele added another at 11:36. In the third, Mario Ferraro scored at 11:32 before Boeser’s late goal closed the scoring for Vancouver.
For the Canucks, the bigger concern was the overall performance. The team has been better as a group lately, but Thursday was a step backward - a flat, frustrating night that left little to feel good about.
Vancouver next visits the Edmonton Oilers on November 7, 2026, at 8:00 pm PCT.
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