Untrustworthy Silovs, offense outshots Pens, and more: Vancouver Canucks takeaways from 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh Penguins

The Vancouver Canucks were feeling good about themselves following Tuesday night's shutout victory over the Boston Bruins, which included a symbolic goal by former Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk in the second period that proved to be the game-winner.

The win helped kick off their Eastern road swing on a positive note, and they were hoping for a similar result on Wednesday against the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena.

However, the Penguins had different plans.

The Penguins took a 4-1 lead into the first intermission thanks to goals from Blake Lizotte, Rickard Rakell, Kevin Hayes, and Bryan Rust. The Canucks got onto the scoreboard thanks to Autu Raty's goal, which briefly tied the game at 1-1.

The scoring onslaught continued for the Penguins, as Bryan Rust scored his second of the game. But Vancouver wouldn't roll over, clawing their way back into the contest thanks to a goal from Pius Suter, followed by an early-period goal from Quinn Hughes.

Forward Elias Pettersson continued his hot play of late, scoring his seventh goal of the season with under two minutes left in regulation to cut the deficit to one goal. But with Arturs Silovs pulled for the extra attacker, they were unable to get one more tally to tie things up.

The loss set Vancouver's record back to 11-7-3, while the Penguins improved to 8-12-4.

3 Major Takeaways from Vancouver Canucks' 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh Penguins

#3. Arturs Silovs just cannot be trusted right now

Despite his emergence as an unsung hero for the Canucks during the spring in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Silovs has failed to replicate that performance so far this season.

He was victimized for five goals against on just 23 shots against the Penguins, bringing his record to an unimpressive 1-4-1 with a 4.11 goals-against average and .877 save percentage.

Kevin Lankinen will almost certainly be getting the next start for Vancouver.

#2. This time, the Canucks had the shot advantage but still lost

On Monday, the Canucks were badly outshot by the Bruins, but won. On Wednesday, they had the advantage in shots, but lost.

The Canucks will hope to make their next game one that not only favors them in shots, but especially where it matters - on the scoreboard.

#1. The Canucks refused to call it quits

Despite falling behind to what seemed like an insurmountable deficit, the Canucks continued to press and battled their way back to eventually make it a one-goal game.

While they ultimately fell just short of knotting the score late in the third period, they can feel good about the fact that they refused to quit pressing until the final horn.