The Detroit Red Wings look to break their six-game losing streak tonight in Vancouver. The Canucks are on a one game winning streak and are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.
Game time tonight is 10:00 PM ET at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC.
Player Focus: Joe Veleno
Joe Veleno is slowly starting to move up the Detroit Red Wings depth chart. Veleno is currently centering Jakub Vrana and Sam Gagner on a middle-six line.
In the last eight games, Veleno has one goal, four assists, five points, and a +1 rating. In 44 games this year, Veleno has five goals, seven assists, 12 points, and a -6 rating.
Veleno is currently in the 2nd year of his three-year entry-level contract. Veleno’s contract has a cap hit of $894,167 annually.
Red Wings Notes
- Detroit are currently 5th in the Atlantic Division with a 24-29-7 record
- The Red Wings are currently 27th in PP (17.8%) and 31st in PK (72.7%)
- Dylan Larkin leads Detroit with 27 goals and 58 points in 55 games
- Moritz Seider leads the Red Wings with 37 assists in 60 games
- Seider leads all Detroit defensemen in scoring with 42 points
- Lucas Raymond is currently 2nd in NHL rookie scoring with 46 points in 60 games
- Defenseman Marc Staal leads the Red Wings with a +10 rating
- Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic is expected to start and has a 15-18-6 record, 3.23 GAA, a .900 SV%, and one SO in 43 games
- The Red Wings signed 2020 2nd round pick Cross Hanas to a three-year entry-level contract yesterday
Detroit Projected Lineup
Forwards
Valdislav Namestnikov – Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond
Jakub Vrana – Joe Veleno – Sam Gagner
Filip Zadina – Pius Suter – Givani Smith
Taro Hirose – Michael Rasmussen – Adam Erne
Defensemen
Marc Staal – Moritz Seider
Olli Juolevi – Filip Hronek
Nick Leddy – Troy Stecher
Goaltenders
Alex Nedeljkovic (starter)
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Gustav Lindstrom, Luke Witkowski, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Robby Fabbri (lower body), Carter Rowney (lower body), Mitchell Stephens (lower body), Danny DeKeyser (undisclosed), Tyler Bertuzzi (Covid-19)
Canucks Notes
- Vancouver are currently 5th in the Pacific Division with a 30-24-7 record
- The Canucks special teams are currently 14th in PP (21.4%) and 32nd in PK (71.1%)
- J.T. Miller leads Vancouver with 24 goals, 49 assists, and 73 points
- Quinn Hughes leads all Canucks defensemen in scoring with 49 points
- Conor Garland and Luke Schenn lead all Vancouver players with +13 ratings
- Thatcher Demko is expected to start and has a 27-17-3 record, 2.66 GAA, a .916 SV% and one SO in 49 games
Vancouver Projected Lineup
Forwards
Tanner Pearson – J.T. Miller – Conor Garland
Vasily Podkolzin – Bo Horvat – Brock Boeser
Tyler Motte – Juho Lammikko – Matthew Highmore
Nils Hoglander – Nic Petan – Alex Chiasson
Defensemen
Oliver Ekman-Larsson – Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes – Luke Schenn
Brad Hunt – Travis Hamonic
Goaltenders
Thatcher Demko (starting)
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: none
Injured: Elias Pettersson (upper body), Brandon Sutter (Covid-19), Jason Dickinson (undisclosed), Kyle Burroughs (upper body), Tucker Poolman (illness), Brady Keeper (leg)