The Red Wings will attempt to rebound from Friday’s 5-4 loss to New Jersey when they host the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday afternoon (12:30 PM on FanDuel SportsNet Detroit/Sportsnet Pacific/Sportsnet 1/97.1 FM).
Vancouver has a 12-7-and-3 record, and they won a 4-3 OT decision over Buffalo on Friday. They’ve won 3 of 4 games on their current 5-game road trip, which concludes on Sunday, and goaltender Kevin Lankinen is 9-and-0 on the road this year.
They probably won’t have Filip Hronek in the lineup, however, as the former Wings defenseman is nursing an undisclosed injury suffered on Wednesday (per Detroit Hockey Now’s Kevin Allen).
Here’s a Red Wings-Canucks preview from the Associated Press:
BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks visit the Detroit Red Wings after the Canucks took down the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in overtime.
Detroit has gone 5-6-1 at home and 10-11-2 overall. The Red Wings have gone 3-3-2 in games they serve more penalty minutes than their opponents.
Vancouver has a 12-7-3 record overall and a 9-2-0 record on the road. The Canucks have a +two scoring differential, with 71 total goals scored and 69 given up.
Sunday’s game is the first time these teams square off this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Dylan Larkin has 12 goals and six assists for the Red Wings. Lucas Raymond has six goals and four assists over the past 10 games.
Quinn Hughes has five goals and 20 assists for the Canucks. Elias Pettersson has scored five goals with eight assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Red Wings: 4-5-1, averaging 2.5 goals, 4.3 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game.
Canucks: 5-5-0, averaging 3.2 goals, 5.7 assists, 3.7 penalties and 9.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game.
Anyway…
MLive’s Ansar Khan reported that the Red Wings hit the ice Saturday at the BELFOR Training Center underneath Little Caesars Arena around 11 AM on Saturday to prepare for Sunday’s game…
#RedWings start practice with PK instruction, not surprisingly. Kane, who’s missed three games with an upper-body injury, is skating. Lyon, out two games with an injury, is not practicing. Wings host Canucks tomorrow (12:30, @FanDuelSN_DET) pic.twitter.com/jg0x5zicNS
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 30, 2024
The Free Press’s Helene St. James also weighed in…
Patrick Kane, who has missed three games with an upper body injury, is on the ice today with Red Wings for practice. Still no Alex Lyon. pic.twitter.com/or14yLAQQI
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) November 30, 2024
Update: Oh, well…
Kane left before the start of drills so looks like he’ll be out again tomorrow. https://t.co/g9FJvofuM5
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 30, 2024
Kane left early. https://t.co/EJcaBwlap7
— Helene St. James (@HeleneStJames) November 30, 2024
Update #2:
#RedWings lines:
— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) November 30, 2024
Tarasenko-Larkin-Raymond
DeBrincat-Compher-Motte
Rasmussen-Copp-Fischer
Veleno-Kasper-Berggren
Edvinsson-Seider
Petry-Chiarot
Gustafsson-Holl
Johansson
Husso/Talbot. Looks like Husso starting tomorrow but not confirmed yet. pic.twitter.com/Dr1Aa6eqBe
