Preview: Red Wings Host Canucks in Second Game of Season

The Detroit Red Wings will host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night 7:00 PM ET at LCA in Detroit, MI.

This is the second of four straight home games to start the season for the Red Wings.

Detroit Red Wings Notes

The Red Wings opened the season with an entertaining 7-6 OT loss to the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Red Wings will be without Dylan Larkin who earned a one-game suspension for his intent-to-injure match penalty on Thursday night.  Larkin was also injured on the play and will be evaluated concerning his status for Tuesday’s game at home against Columbus.

Robby Fabbri will move up to the top line and play center between Tyler Bertuzzi and Lucas Raymond.  Carter Rowney will take Larkin’s forward spot in the lineup and play right wing with Mitchell Stephens and Givani Smith.

Healthy scratches for the Red Wings tonight will be defensemen Troy Stecher and Jordan Oesterle.

Detroit Projected Lineup

Forward Lines

Tyler Bertuzzi-Robby Fabbri-Lucas Raymond

Adam Erne-Pius Suter-Filip Zadina

Sam Gagner-Michael Rasmussen-Vladislav Namestnikov

Givani Smith-Mitchell Stephens-Carter Rowney

Defense Pairings

Danny DeKeyser-Filip Hronek

Nick Leddy-Moritz Seider

Marc Staal-Gustav Lindstrom

Goaltenders

Thomas Greiss (Starting)

Alex Nedeljkovic

Detroit Players to Watch

Tyler Bertuzzi 4-G, 0-A, 4-PTS, 1 Game

Nick Leddy 0-G, 2-A, 2-PTS, 1 Game

Moritz Seider 0-G, 2-A, 2-PTS, 1 Game

Robby Fabbri 0-G, 2-A, 2-PTS, 1 Game

Lucas Raymond 0-G, 1-A, 1-PT, 1-Game

Detroit Injuries

Jakub Vrana (Shoulder, Expected to be out until at least Feb 02)

Vancouver Canucks Notes

This will be the third of a six game road trip to open the season for the Canucks.  Vancouver has a 1-1-0 record.  Vancouver lost their first game, 3-2 to Edmonton, then beat Philadelphia 5-4 in a shootout yesterday.

Healthy scratches for the Canucks tonight will be Nic Petan, Brand Hunt and Luke Schenn.

Vancouver Projected Lineup

Forward Lines

J.T. Miller-Elias Pettersson-Nils Hoglander

Tanner Pearson-Bo Horvat-Conor Garland

Matthew Highmore-Jason Dickinson-Juho Lammikko

Justin Dowling-Vasily Podkolzin-Alex Chiasson

Defense Pairings

Oliver Ekman-Larsson-Tyler Myers

Quinn Hughes-Tucker Poolman

Jack Rathbone-Kyle Burroughs

Goaltenders

Jaroslav Halak (Starting)

Thatcher Demko

Vancouver Players to Watch

J.T. Miller 1-G, 3-A, 4-PTS, 2 Games

Elias Pettersson 1-G, 1-A, 2-PTS, 2 Games

Quinn Hughes 1-G, 1-A, 2-PTS, 2 Games

Nils Hoglander 0-G, 2-A, 2-PTS, 2 Games

Vasili Podkolzin 1-G, 0-A, 1-PT, 2 Games

Vancouver Injuries

Brandon Sutter (Covid-19, Expected to be out until at least Nov 02)

Brock Boeser (Undisclosed, Expected to be out until at least Oct 16)

Tyler Motte (Upper Body, Expected to be out until at least Oct 19)

Brady Keeper (Leg, Expected to be out until at least Jan 01)