The Detroit Red Wings return from the break tonight coming off an overtime loss to the Senators 3-2 on the 31st, while the Canucks are coming off a 4-0 loss to the Bruins on Thursday night.
Detroit Red Wings (26-18-6, 58 Points) vs. Vancouver Canucks (33-12-5, 71 Points)
When: Saturday, February 10
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesars Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: Bally Sports Detroit
Scoring Leaders
Detroit Red Wings
Points: Dylan Larkin – 47
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 23
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 28
Vancouver Canucks
Points: JT Miller – 68
Goals: Brock Boeser – 30
Assists: Quinn Hughes – 52
Expected Line Combinations
Detroit Red Wings
Alex DeBrincat – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
David Perron – J.T. Compher – Patrick Kane
Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp – Christian Fischer
Robby Fabbri – Joe Veleno – Daniel Sprong
Jake Walman – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Shayne Gostisbehere – Olli Maatta
Vancouver Canucks
Pius Suter – J.T. Miller – Brock Boeser
Ilya Mikheyev – Elias Pettersson – Elias Lindholm
Dakota Joshua – Teddy Blueger – Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander – Nils Aman – Sam Lafferty
Quinn Hughes – Filip Hronek
Ian Cole – Tyler Myers
Nikita Zadorov – Noah Juulsen
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By The Numbers:
League Ranking
Detroit Red Wings
PP%: 22.7 (11)
PK%: 81.3 (11)
GF P/G: 3.48 (4)
GA P/G: 3.22 (22)
Faceoff %: 49.4 (18)
Vancouver Canucks
PP%: 25.3 (7)
PK%: 80.0 (15)
GF P/G: 3.71 (2)
GA P/G: 2.57 (3)
Faceoff %: 50.2 (16)
Red Wings Player to Watch: Andrew Copp
Copp has played in 49 games this season and has 24 points on ten goals and 14 assists. He ranks seventh on the team in goals and eighth in assists and points. He has two points on a goal and an assist on the power play. In his last three games, he has two points coming on goals.
Copp’s Line Assignments
Copp is playing on the third line alongside Michael Rasmussen and Christian Fischer.
Copp’s career vs. Vancouver
Copp in his career against the Canucks has played in 26 games and has 11 points on six goals and five assists. Last season he only had one point against Vancouver on an assist.
Between The Pipes
Detroit: Alex Lyon (13-6-2, 2.52 GAA)
Lyon last started in the Red Wings game against the Senators, and he suffered the loss in overtime giving up three goals on 25 shots. He has faced Vancouver only once in his career giving up two goals on 19 shots, he didn’t factor into the decision.
Vancouver: Thatcher Demko (27-9-1, 2.47 GAA) / Casey DeSmith (7-3-4, 2.65 GAA)
Demko last played on Thursday against Boston, and he suffered the loss giving up four goals on 25 shots. In his career against Detroit, he is 1-1-0 in two starts.
DeSmith last played on Wednesday the 24th against the Blues and suffered a loss in overtime giving up four goals on 18 shots. In his career against Detroit, he is 1-1-2 in four games.
Wrap Up
The Detroit Red Wings return today and are currently holding the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference but the Islanders are closing in. Tonight’s matchup will not be an easy one as they take on the Western Conference-leading Canucks who they will also face twice over the next three games. After this afternoon they will start a Western Canada road trip against some tough teams in the Oilers, Canucks, Flames, and Kraken. Over these next five games if they can come away with six points at a minimum they’ll be in good shape heading into their tough schedule against teams ahead of them also teams that are chasing them in the Eastern Conference. Red Wings head coach said the other day that the Detroit net will be patrolled by Alex Lyon and Ville Husso will be sprinkled in, hopefully, Lyon can continue his stellar play as he looks to lead the Red Wings back to the Stanley Cup playoffs.
In their last ten games against Vancouver, Detroit is 6-4-0, and they outscored them 27-25 in those ten games. Detroit last season went 2-0-0 and outscored the Canucks 11-3.
