Vancouver Canucks lost another close game Wednesday night to the New York Rangers.

The Canucks were debuting a new goalie on Wednesday night as both their main goalies are out due to injury. Arturs Silvos stepped up to the plate on short notice to save the game.

Arturs had some nice saves early in the first period and the Canucks were able to get out to a early lead when Dakota Joshua banked one in. The Rangers quickly answered back though as Mika Zibanejad brought the puck up the ice and shot the puck right past the new goalie. The pressure seemed to get to Arturs after this one as Artemi Panarin easily shot one past Arturs to take the lead. The Canucks fought back though as J.T Miller slap shotted the puck in to tie the game. The Rangers finished the period with a goal as Artemi Panarin got his second goal of the night by putting the puck right between Arturs legs.

The second period was more of the same for the Canucks as Chris Kreider started out the period scoring for the Rangers. Conor Garland scored for the Canucks halfway through the second period but it wasn’t enough for the Canucks as K’Andre Miller scored for the Rangers giving them the two goal lead to end the period.

The third period was certainly better for the Canucks for the new goalie and Andre Kuzmenko closed the gap early with a nice slap shot. Trailing by just one goal the Canucks decided to pull their new goalie to play the extra man. It didn’t work out for them though as Mika Zibanejad scored his second goal of the night on the empty net. Final score 6-4 for the Rangers.

For his first NHL game Arturs Silvos didn’t do a terrible job. However, the Canucks problems clearly lie with their lack of a reliable goalie and struggling defence.

The Canucks play the Flyers tomorrow night at home.