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Game Preview / Gamethread #52: Canucks vs Red Wings

February 10, 2024

GAME PREVIEW, GAME THREAD

- Westy

CANUCKS (34-12-5) at RED WINGS (26-18-6)

1 p.m. ET; BSDET, SNP

After the crappy performance last game, a bounce back would be nice. I am not sure Detroit is the place for a bounce back. Canucks haven't beat Detroit since the 2019-20 season. The Wings have been a good team this year. In fact, they have a real shot at getting into the playoffs for the first time in 8 years. The Canucks haven't lost 2 in a row since November, which is a testament to the players and the coaching staff, and we will see today if Taco was able to get them to learn from their crappy play.

“We haven’t had many losing streaks or bad play consistently. I’ve got to give the players a lot of credit. Had a tough night. Now we go back to work and get our effort boots on and go against Detroit.”

🗣 Coach Rick Tocchet on the #Canucks ability to bounce back this season. pic.twitter.com/6gRPO3zlFV
— X - Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) February 9, 2024

“We had a good practice today. We respond well when we don’t play our best.”

🗣 Hear from J.T. Miller following Friday's practice in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/v08AMllWiY
— X - Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) February 9, 2024

Canucks projected lineup

Pius Suter -- Elias Pettersson -- Ilya Mikheyev

Brock Boeser -- J.T. Miller -- Elias Lindholm

Dakota Joshua -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland

Nils Hoglander -- Nils Aman -- Sam Lafferty

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Ian Cole -- Tyler Myers

Nikita Zadorov -- Noah Juulsen

Thatcher Demko

Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Mark Friedman

Injured: Carson Soucy (hand), Phillip Di Giuseppe (undisclosed)

Red Wings projected lineup

Alex DeBrincat -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

David Perron -- J.T. Compher -- Patrick Kane

Christian Fischer -- Andrew Copp -- Michael Rasmussen

Robby Fabbri -- Joe Veleno -- Daniel Sprong

Jake Walman -- Moritz Seider

Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry

Justin Holl -- Shayne Gostisbehere

Alex Lyon

Ville Husso

Scratched: Klim Kostin, Olli Maatta, James Reimer

Injured: None

Status report

Miller and Pettersson switched places during practice Friday, with Miller moving to a line with Lindholm. … Kane will return after missing seven games with a lower-body injury. ... Lyon will make his 15th start in 16 games. ... Husso will be available after missing 19 games with a lower-body injury and three days on a conditioning assignment with Grand Rapids of the American Hockey League from Jan. 25-27. ... Chiarot will return after missing five games with an upper-body injury. ~ NHL.com

Game Day Battle Hymn

There seems to be only one logical choice for the song today. I will accept not arguments.

Early morning weekend games....who loves them! If this post breaks 50 comments, let's call it a win.

Go Canucks Go!

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