You would think a 3-0 lead in the third period is a nice, cushy perch from which to watch the lowly Islanders buzz around your ankles. And if you were the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night, you would be wrong—horribly, pathetically, ludicrously wrong.

Instead of going quietly into the B.C. night with their tails between their legs, the Islanders—last in their division and 14th in the East—scored seven goals on 15 shots in the final frame, roaring back to a 7-4 victory. They matched two franchise records in the process: their own, for seven goals in a period, which they last tallied in 1978, and Vancouver’s, for most goals allowed in a period, last seen in 1998, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

But perhaps the most stunning thing about Monday night is that John Tortorella did not actually spontaneously combust on the bench over his team’s epic bed-soiling.

The second-most stunning thing? As bad as it was, the Canucks’ display of futility was hardly unique…