Vancouver Canucks Vs Detroit Red Wings
Time: Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America
Last 10 matches: Canucks 6-4-0; Red Wings 5-2-3
Luongo has a 6-9-2 career record against Detroit and has never had a shutout against the Wings. … Detroit has always been a tough place for the Canucks. They are 18-45-8-3 lifetime in Detroit and haven’t won in regulation at Joe Louis Arena since Oct. 5, 2006.Its the second meeting between the teams. They played one of the season’s best games in Vancouver on Oct. 27, with the Red Wings overcoming an early 2-0 deficit for a 5-4 victory.
The Wings are coming off their best performance of the season, a 9-1 victory at Columbus on Wednesday night in which they looked like the team that has been the best in the West for the past two seasons. That came on the heels of their worst game, a 5-1 loss at Toronto on Sunday.
The Canucks are coming off a horrible effort in St. Louis they were blitzed for four first-period goals on the way to a 6-1 loss. Vancouver has lost its last two games after starting a five-game trip with a 5-2 victory at Minnesota. The good news is that starting goaltender Roberto Luongo should be ready to go after missing two weeks with a broken rib.
The Canucks expect to have Luongo back in the lineup, but they are still without several other regulars, most notably Daniel Sedin, who’s still sidelined with a broken foot. They had hoped he might be ready to go.
The Wings are still without forwards Valtteri Filppula, Jason Williams and Johan Franzen for several more weeks; they claimed Drew Miller off waivers from Tampa Bay on Wednesday to help fill in. Summary of the match will be on site soon..