Canucks at Red Wings: Notes, Lines, Goalies, How to Watch

The Detroit Red Wings (25-15-4) play a home game today against the Vancouver Canucks (16-21-5). The Red Wings are in third place in the Atlantic Division while the Canucks are 31st overall in the NHL standings.

Where:  Little Caesars Arena

When: 7 ET

TV/Radio: FanDuel Sports Network/97.1 FM

Odds: Vancouver (+1.5, -205), Detroit (-1.5, +170).

Hot: James van Riemsdyk has 10 of his goals in the past 17 games. He shows three goals and three assists for six points in his past five games.

Not: Since Nov. 7, Marco Kasper has one point and is minus-11 over 29 games.

Spotlight: John Gibson is 10-2 since Dec. 2.

Story:  Coach Todd McLellan has named Gibson to start tonight against Vancouver. He shut out the Canucks 4-0 in Vancouver exactly one month ago today. . .   The Red Wings are 14-8-1 at home.. .  Detroit is 18-1-1 this season when leading after 40 minutes. . . Detroit ranks sixth (24.6%) on the power play in the NHL this season and 14th in penalty-killing (80.7%). . . Injuries: None

Detroit Projected Lines

Alex DeBrincat — Andrew Copp — Patrick Kane

Marco Kasper — Dylan Larkin — Emmitt Finnie

James van Riemsdyk — J.T. Compher — Lucas Raymond

John Leonard– Michael Rasmussen — Mason Appleton

Defense Pairings

Simon Edvinsson — Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot — Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Albert Johansson– Jacob Bernard-Docker

Subs: Travis Hamonic, Elmer Soderblom

Goalies

John Gibson (Cam Talbot backing up)

Vancouver Canucks

Story:The Canucks rank 27th in scoring at 2.76 goals per game. They are also second-to-last with a 3.50 GAA per game. . Injuries: Conor Garland (upper body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Line Projections

Jake DeBrusk — Elias Pettersson — Linus Karlsson

Evander Kane — Max Sasson — Brock Boeser

Drew O’Connor — David Kampf — Kiefer Sherwood

Liam Ohgren — Aatu Raty — Nils Hoglander

Defense Pairings

Marcus Pettersson — Tom Willander

Zeev Buium — Filip Hronek

Elias Pettersson — Tyler Myers

Goalies

Thatcher Demko (Kevin Lankinen is back up)

Subs: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Arshdeep Bains

Injured: Conor Garland (upper body), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)