3 least impressive Vancouver Canucks players from 4-2 loss to Lightning feat. Elias Pettersson 

The Vancouver Canucks' winning streak came to an end on Sunday night in a matchup between teams from opposite ends of the continent.

The Tampa Bay Lightning solidified their place in the Atlantic Division standings with a 4-2 victory over the Canucks.

Canucks captain Quinn Hughes continued his strong season and defense of the Norris Trophy, opening the scoring with his sixth goal of the season. Vancouver carried a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

In the second period, Tampa Bay's stars took over. Brayden Point scored a power-play goal, and Nikita Kucherov added another, giving the Lightning their first lead, which they maintained heading into the third period.

Kiefer Sherwood tied the game early in the third, but first-year Lightning forward Jake Guentzel put Tampa Bay ahead for good with just under four minutes left in regulation.

Point sealed the win with his second goal of the game, scoring into an empty net with Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen pulled for an extra attacker.

Lankinen made 28 saves on 31 shots, while Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy also recorded 28 saves.

3 least impressive Vancouver Canucks players from 4-2 loss to Lightning

#1. Elias Pettersson

The Vancouver Canucks star has rebounded after a slow start this season, significantly improving his offensive production. However, he was a non-factor against the Lightning, failing to record a single shot on Andrei Vasilevskiy and taking a costly penalty.

Vancouver’s penalty kill struggled throughout the game, which coach Rick Tocchet acknowledged:

“I liked our five-on-five play. You know, special teams won the game for them. And their best players. You can’t have that too many men. And then that’s it — the Kucherov show. There you go."

#2. Brock Boeser

Like his fellow star teammate Pettersson, Boeser had a rare subpar night. He failed to appear on the scoresheet, finished with a minus-2 rating and managed only a single shot on goal.

The Vancouver Canucks needed their top players to step up against a team stacked with talent like the Lightning, but they fell short.

#3. Carson Soucy

The Canucks defenseman took a careless penalty by jumping onto the ice too early, before teammate Tyler Myers had a chance to get off. The resulting too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty led to Jake Guentzel's game-winning power-play goal.

While mistakes happen, professional hockey players should have line changes mastered — especially at such a critical juncture in the game with the score tied in the third period.