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)