Canucks get a chance to reclaim the basement on home ice.

WINGS (15-11-3) at CANUCKS (11-15-3)

10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNP, FDSNDET

This Nucking season has been full of twists, turns and sudden reversals. And the reversal of result on Saturday against one the league's hottest teams and their goalie was very unexpected. And fun to watch!

Calder Canucks rescued the non-Cup Canucks from a certain grim fate. From Tolo in goal, to Ratty scoring three or two, to both Willi and D-Petey scoring to win a fun game in front of a ROG crowd that may have forgotten what winning looks like. It looked very good.

Without EP40, Kampf was promoted to 1st line duty and was in on every Nucks goal. In the same rink when the Nucks goals were scored.

So impressed with his 1st line performance, the ever brilliant coaching staff give him another chance tonight to score or something as our new 2C.

And finally... fresh from the Faeries, Hogz returns! Exciting!

Is it possible the Nucks win two in a row for the first time since October, first 2 game regulation win streak of the season?

Anything is possible... except for clawing their way back to the mushy middle and beyond.

Doesn't matter. The stealth rebuild is looking pretty stealthy, not that we can see it.

GAMEDAY CHATTER

#Canucks have a chance at their 1st 2 regulation win streak of the year. Still no idea how we beat the Wild with all our injuries. We win when outshot and lose when we outshoot our oppenent. I assume Lank will be back in goal. No word yet on Petey or Hoggy.

— DJTaxman77 (@hugheshart43.bsky.social) December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM

I could be missing something but this seems like all the #Canucks news today: EP40 is a Game Time Decision Höglander returns Lankinen starts Woo on Waivers Blueger return pushed to Christmas Young sent to the ECHL

— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) December 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Petey is unlikely, but Hogz is a go. Lanky is expected to start. However, we can take solace in endless, relentless Huggie trade talk. Ummm... solace? Is that the word?

Now I know why Vancouver has been raining practically non stop for a couple of weeks. It's not rain, it's tears of Canuck fans, in the air, coming down because of all the Quinn Hughes trade talk. #canucks

— Terry & dog 🦮...🇨🇦🍁 (@aweebitdaft.bsky.social) December 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM

GAMEDAY LINEUPS

Red Wings projected lineup

Emmett Finnie -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Alex DeBrincat -- Andrew Copp -- Patrick Kane

Michael Rasmussen -- J.T. Computer-- James van Riemsdyk

Elmer Soderblom -- Marco Kasper -- Nate Danielson

Simon Edvinsson -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Travis Hamonic -- Albert Johansson

John Gibson

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Jonathan Berggren, Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Mason Appleton (lower body)

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson

Brock Boeser -- David Kampf -- Conor Garland

Evander Kane -- Aatu Raty -- Kiefer Sherwood

Nils Hoglander -- Drew O'Connor -- Arshdeep Bains

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Elias Nils Pettersson -- Tyler Myers

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Kevin Lankinen

Nikita Tolopilo

Scratched: Lukas Reichel, P.O. Joseph

Injured: Elias Pettersson (upper body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Status report

The Red Wings will use the same lineup from their 4-3 win at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, including Gibson starting consecutive games for the first time since a string of three straight last month (Nov. 9-15). … Pettersson, the Canucks’ top center, won’t play and is still “being evaluated,” coach Adam Foote said after he was a late scratch against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. … Hoglander will make his season debut following a preseason injury that required surgery. … Blueger, a center who hasn’t played since Oct. 19, had a setback that put him back “pretty much back to square one,” Foote said. He isn’t expected to return before Christmas.

GAMEDAY BATTLE HYMN

It ain't no party without Arty while the war on winning continues - can't we have fun while it lasts?

Fuck the broligarchs and fascism. Go Canucks Go.