VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Blackhawks rookie defenseman Artyom Levshunov flashed his potential with some dominant defensive shifts Saturday, and he also earned his first NHL point.

But Levshunov was also exploited for two goals against in the Hawks' 6-2 blowout loss to the Canucks, which concluded a winless four-game road trip.

All of that balanced out to an "OK" grade from interim coach Anders Sorensen, who was a very unhappy man after the game. That assessment seemed relatively harsh, considering Sorensen gave his youngest defenseman a team-high 22:39 of ice time.

The rest of the Hawks were varying degrees of awful against a Canucks team that has now beaten them in 10 consecutive meetings (and 14 of the last 15). Hawks forwards committed countless turnovers near the defensive blue line, undoing some decent plays from their defensemen, including Levshunov.

Hawks goalie Arvid Soderblom faced 15 shots and made only nine saves. Although he certainly wasn't sharp — his season-long save percentage dropped from .905 to .901 in a matter of hours — it also seemed like most Canucks shots were extremely high-danger looks.

"We felt like we could've had more pushback, or more survival [instincts], in some of the chances coming back our end," defenseman Connor Murphy said.

Said Sorensen: "We didn't read the rush well, [and we] didn't read the coverage well."

Struggling Canucks third-string goalie Arturs Silovs earned just his second win of the season, and the offensively challenged Canucks scored six-plus goals for just the second time this season — and both instances of both events have come against the Hawks.

Connor Bedard received a misconduct penalty for a second consecutive game, although this one was far less meaningful than the inexplicable “abuse of officials” penalty he got Thursday against the Sharks. He and Frank Nazar were both essentially ejected after a skirmish with 2:39 left.

Bedard, who was held without a point in his second Vancouver homecoming, also committed two hooking penalties earlier on. He has now racked up 28 penalty minutes in his last five games, upping his season total to 62 minutes — second on the team behind Pat Maroon (76 minutes).

Analyzing Levshunov

Levshunov said he has "felt good, especially tonight," so far in the NHL. He said he was "so excited" to get his first point with an assist on Wyatt Kaiser's third-period goal, although Kaiser did most of the work.

Levshunov's defensive stick usage has been impressive. His size and smooth skating allow him to cover so much ice, so quickly. And his breakout passes are firm, flat and accurate. He demonstrated all of that during a few first-period shifts that particularly stood out.

He wasn't aggressive enough to get his stick in the shooting lane on Tyler Myers' first-period goal, and he was deked nearly out of his skates on Canucks star Elias Pettersson's third-period snipe.

But those were the Canucks' only two shots on goal during his five-on-five ice time, as the Hawks outshot them 9-2 during his shifts.

"It's been impressive to see him play his game and not be timid at all," Murphy said. "It's not easy being that young, especially as a defenseman playing a lot of defending minutes like we do. But he seems to have good gaps and be not afraid to keep pucks alive, and he's strong when breaking them up, too."