NHL Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings at Vancouver Canucks with Line Combinations 2/2/2025

Detroit Red Wings (26-21-5, 57 Points) at Vancouver Canucks (23-18-10, 56 pts)

Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Sunday, February 2
Time: 8:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/FDSNDET/SCRI
Radio: 
Detroit – WXYT 97.1 FM
Vancouver – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Detroit: +1.5 ML +140
Vancouver: -1.5 ML -166
O/U 5.5

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Detroit Red Wings News & Notes:

The Red Wings picked up their fifth straight win with a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames last night. This is their second win streak of five plus games under Todd McLellan. They are averaging 3.40 goals per game over the last five games while allowing an average of 1.40 goals per game.

Vancouver Canucks News & Notes: 

The Canucks suffered a 5-3 loss on Friday to the Dallas Stars. With the loss they dropped to 6-7-2 in January averaging 2.27 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.07 goals per game.

Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines

Kasper–Larkin–Raymond  
DeBrincat–Copp–Tarasenko
Soderblom-Rasmussen-Berggren
Fischer–Veleno–Shine

Chiarot–Seider
Edvinsson–Johansson
Gustafsson-Holl

Lyon
Talbot

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Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

DeBrusk-E.Pettersson-Boeser
O’Connor-Chytil-Garland
Hoglander-Suter-Karlsson
Joshua-Blueger-Di Guiuseppe

Hughes-Myers
M.Pettersson-Hronek
Forbort-Soucy

Demko
Lankinen

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Players To Watch:

Detroit Red Wings

Jonatan Berggren this season has 15 points on eight goals and seven assists. He’s faced the Canucks three times in his career recording five points on four goals and an assist; in the previous meeting this season he had a goal and an assist.

Vancouver Canucks

Jake DeBrusk this season has 31 points on 18 goals and 13 assists. He’s faced the Red Wings 22 times in his career recording  15 points on ten goals and five assists; in the previous meeting, he had a four-point game recording a hat trick and an assist.

Injury Report:

Detroit Red Wings

D Jeff Petry – IR
F Patrick Kane – IR
F J.T. Compher – DTD

Vancouver Canucks

F Kiefer Sherwood – IR

Next game:

Detroit – February 4 at Seattle Kraken
Vancouver – February 4 vs. Colorado Avalanche

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4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10