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The Expected Lineup
Johan Franzen – Pavel Datsyuk – Justin Abdelkader
Valtteri Filppula – Henrik Zetterberg – Daniel Cleary
Gustav Nyquist – Joakim Andersson – Damien Brunner
Drew Miller – Cory Emmerton – Patrick Eaves/Jordin Tootoo
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Niklas Kronwall – Jonathan Ericsson
Brian Lashoff – Carlo Colaiacovo
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Jimmy Howard (starting)
Scratches: Ian White and friends
Injuries: Mikael Samuelsson (upper body), Todd Bertuzzi (back) and Darren Helm (back)
| RED WINGS | THE MATCH-UP | CANUCKS |
| 20-16-7 (47 pts; 9th in West) | Record | 24-13-7 (55 pts; 3rd in West) |
| 2.46 (23rd in NHL) | Goals Per Game | 2.61 (14th in NHL) |
| 2.46 (11th) | Goals Against Per Game | 2.34 (6th) |
| 17.6% (16th) | Power Play % | 14.8% (26th) |
| 80.7% (20th) | Penalty Kill % | 84.1% (8th) |
| Pavel Datsyuk (13 goals) | Goal Leader | Alexandre Burrows (13 goals) |
| Pavel Datsyuk (41 points) | Points Leader | Henrik Sedin (42 points) |
- The Red Wings are 84-54-18-5 (W-L-T-OTL) all-time against the Vancouver Canucks.
- Vancouver has lost two straight games and three of its last four.
- The Wings are 3-3-0 on Saturdays this season.
- The last time these two teams met was March 16. Detroit won 5-2. Abdelkader (2), Zetterberg (2) and Cleary were your goal scorers.
- Detroit is 3-5-2 in their last 10 games. Vancouver is 5-4-1
- Howard is 9-5-1 with a 2.85 GAA and .908 SV% with one shutout in 15 career regular starts against the Canucks.
Prediction: Vancouver wins 4-2.
Let’s Go Red Wings.
