The Detroit Red Wings will take on the Vancouver Canucks this afternoon. The Red Wings are coming off a 5-4 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Friday while the Canucks are coming off a 4-3 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
Detroit Red Wings (10-11-2, 22 Points) vs. Vancouver Canucks (12-7-3, 25 Points)
When: Sunday, December 1
Time: 12:30 p.m. ET
Where: Little Caesar’s Arena (Detroit, MI)
TV: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit
Scoring Leaders
Detroit Red Wings
Points: Lucas Raymond – 23
Goals: Dylan Larkin – 12
Assists: Lucas Raymond – 16
Vancouver Canucks
Points: Quinn Hughes – 25
Goals: Conor Garland – 8
Assists: Quinn Hughes – 20
Team Stats
Detroit Red Wings
Power-Play: 27.9
Penalty Kill: 66.2
GF: 2.57
GA: 3.09
Faceoff: 50.4
Vancouver Canucks
Power-Play: 21.2
Penalty Kill: 80.9
GF: 3.23
GA: 3.14
Faceoff: 48.9
Expected Line Combinations
Detroit Red Wings
Vladimir Tarasenko – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat – J.T. Compher – Tyler Motte
Joe Veleno – Marco Kasper – Jonatan Berggren
Michael Rasmussen – Andrew Copp – Christian Fischer
Simon Edvinsson – Moritz Seider
Ben Chiarot – Jeff Petry
Justin Holl – Albert Johansson
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Vancouver Canucks
Jake DeBrusk – Elias Pettersson – Kiefer Sherwood
Max Sasson – Teddy Blueger – Danton Heinen
Dakota Joshua – Pius Suter – Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander – Aatu Raty – Brock Boeser
Quinn Hughes – Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom – Vincent Desharnais
Carson Soucy – Noah Juulsen
Between The Pipes
Detroit: Cam Talbot (6-5-2, 2.67 GAA)
Talbot is 6-5-2 this season with a .916 save percentage and a 2.67 goals-against average. He started on Friday and suffered the loss, giving up five goals on 29 shots. He is 14-3-5 in his career against the Canucks posting a 2.03 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage. Last season against Vancouver he went 3-0-1 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .933 percentage.
Vancouver: Kevin Lankinen (11-3-2, 2.58 GAA) / Arturs Silovs (1-4-1, 4.11 GAA)
Lankinen is 11-3-2 with a 2.58 goals against average and an .909 save percentage, He last started on Friday picking up the win stopping 31 of the 34 shots he faced. He is 4-2-0 in his career against Detroit with a 1.68 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage. Last season he went 0-1-0 giving up two goals on the 28 shots he faced.
Silovs is 1-4-1 with a 4.11 goals-against average and a .847 save percentage. His last start came on Wednesday and he took the loss giving up five goals on 23 shots. He has never faced Detroit in his career.
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Players To Watch:
Detroit: Vladimir Tarasenko (3-7-10)
Tarasenko has ten points this season on three goals and seven assists. In his career, against Vancouver, he has 28 points in 29 games on 11 goals and 17 assists. Last season, in two games, he had two points, both coming on goals.
Vancouver: Elias Pettersson (7-11-18)
Pettersson has 18 points this season on seven goals and 11 assists. In his career against the Red Wings, he has 15 points in ten games on five goals and ten assists. Last season, he had six points on a goal and five assists in two games.
Head to Head
The Red Wings split the season series with the Canucks last season but were outscored 7-5. In their last ten meetings, the Red Wings are 6-4-0 and have outscored Vancouver 28-26 in that ten-game span.
Next Up
Detroit: @ Boston Bruins – Tuesday
Vancouver: @ Minnesota Wild – Tuesday
