It’s a circus in Vancouver at the best of times. The Vancouver Canucks are covered with a media frenzy only exceeded by Toronto and Montreal.
Ahead of tonight’s game between the Red Wings and Canucks (8 PM EST start on FanDuel SportsNet Detroit/Sportsnet Pacific/TVA Sports/97.1 FM), the Canucks held an optional morning skate, and after having made two dramatic trades on Friday, coach Rick Tocchet told the media that Vancouver will incorporate its new additions into the team’s lineup this evening:
Rick Tocchet says he still needs to talk to Adam Foote about Victor Mancini going into the lineup but says Filip Chytil, Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor will be in the lineup tonight. pic.twitter.com/7soHHLbxHU
— Canucks Insider (@CanucksInsider) February 2, 2025
Rick Tocchet confirms that Kevin Lankinen will start tonight.
— Canucks Insider (@CanucksInsider) February 2, 2025
Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is a “game-time decision,” however, with an undisclosed lower-body issue:
Hughes a game-time decision for #Canucks. Sherwood expected to return after missing 4 games. Lankinen starts. 3 of new guys will play. Tocchet says Mancini might get in
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) February 2, 2025
As the Red Wings headed to Vancouver after last night’s 3-1 win over Calgary, they’re not holding a morning skate today–after all, today’s game starts at 5 PM local time–so we may not know who’s starting in the Red Wings’ goal, or whether there were any casualties over the course of last night’s game against the Flames, until pregame warmups.
