February 1, 2025; Calgary, Alberta, Can; The Detroit Red Wings Center Dylan Larkin (71) celebrates after scoring a goal against Calgary Flames during the first period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Brett Holmes-Imagn images Vancouver Canucks will host the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday and looks very different than when they went to a three-game road trip last week.
Canucks sent JT Miller, defender Erik Brannström and defense view Jackson Dorrington to the New York Rangers on Friday for Veteran forward Filip Chytil, defender Victor Mancini and a first draft for 2025 which is top-13 protected.
Also on Friday, Canucks sent forward Danton Heinen, defender Vincent Desharnais and a 2025 first round to Pittsburgh Penguins for defender Marcus Pettersson and forward Drew O’Connor.
These offers did not come as a surprise, especially since Vancouver had worked to move the dissatisfied Miller for a couple of months.
The newest Canucks are expected to be in town for Sunday’s game, said general manager Patrik Allvin on reporters Saturday. But he added that coach Rick Tochet will decide if anyone or everyone dresses against a Red Wings team that has won their last five matches and has points in their last six (5-0-1).
“We have had some good games here during the past week, and I think this team has shown when we play the right way and play to our identity that we are a difficult team to play against,” Allvin said. “As I said, hopefully this will galvanize and make our team better.”
Also with reports of possible industries, Vancouver built a winning line with three games before releasing a 5-3 decision to Dallas Stars on Friday. Canucks’ Jake Debruss scored his team -down 18th goal on the season on Friday. Defender Quinn Hughes extended his score to eight with an assist on Debrus’s goal.
Detroit comes to Vancouver for the third race in a four-game. The red wings won 3-1 at Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Captain Dylan Larkin noted his team-best 23rd goal for the season in the victory. The center has done in succession competitions and has 23 points (11 goals, 12 assists) since Christmas.
Lucas Raymond leads the team with 36 assists and 56 points but has been held by the result in the last two games.
In addition to the current stripes, the red wings have played much better hockey since Todd McLellan took over as coach after the holiday and sported a record of 13-4-1 since December 27.
This will be the second time the red wings have played on back-to-back days during McLellan. They lost on the way to Tampa Bay and Dallas January 18-19. Before Saturday’s victory, Detroit had not won any leg of a back-to-back, and went 0-9-1.
Although the winning line was maintained, neither Larkin nor McLellan let it be satisfied with Red Wing’s performance, especially at the beginning of Saturday’s game.
“As a whole, we must understand that the gas containers are probably not where they need to be,” McLellan said. “We have to have really good game management skills, so everyone has to pull on the rope … try and start better again than we did tonight, but we will worry about it in the morning. We will come to Vancouver … and handle it then. “
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