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I don’t know if it was a defining moment for this Canucks team and the next core of post-Sedin players, but it was pretty close.

Going up against the best team in the NHL, the outlook was not very pretty for the hometown Canucks.

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Tampa Bay likes to score goals. A lot of them.

The Canucks like to give up goals. A lot of them.

So when the team went down 3-0, it wasn’t so much a surprise, but more of an, “OK sure, but let’s get Boeser some points here” moment for most fans.

And to the Canucks’ credit, they weren’t getting blown out of the water.

The underlying numbers showed that the Canucks were in this game, they just weren’t, you know, scoring.

And in the eye test, it looked like the Canucks were creating chances to at least try and keep up with Tampa Bay.

They just, weren’t, you know, scoring.

But as has often been the case this year, the Canucks’ new core (Nexus? Let’s call them The Nexus), decided to have a go of things and fight against the dying of the light.