TAMPA, Fla. — Blitzed. Outgunned. Dominated.



In a contest between the two hottest teams in the NHL on Tuesday night, the Vancouver Canucks’ seven-game win streak skidded to a decisive, unflattering halt as Vancouver was throttled 9-2 by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Florida’s West Coast.



The Lightning are absurdly fast, deep and skilled. They’re complete.



“They’re a good team,” Canucks head coach Travis Green said postgame. “It’s not just (Nikita) Kucherov’s line, it’s their second line, their third line, their fourth line. Their defence is big. They’re good passers. That’s a good hockey team over there that’s trying to win a Stanley Cup.”



When the Lightning are going the way they have been lately — and would anyone be surprised if they shot back to the apex of the Atlantic Division by season’s end? — you have to be on your game just to hang with...