Red Wings 5, Canucks 2: Raymond's First Period, Vancouver's Ninth Loss

October 22, 2026 - Vancouver - Three Detroit goals in the first nine minutes. Then almost 40 minutes without a Canucks shot. Rogers Arena started cheering when Vancouver finally put one on net in the third. Michal Postava, in his NHL debut after a 6 a.m. flight from Grand Rapids, told NHL.com he decided those cheers were for him.

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. Detroit is 4-3-3, a six-game point streak (3-0-3). Vancouver is 2-9-1, 0-8-1 in its last nine. Shots were 31-13 Detroit. The NHL recap said Vancouver was outshot 13-0 in the second. Attendance was 17,523, per ESPN. Postava, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Michael Rasmussen, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, Albert Johansson, Anton Johansson, Marco Rossi, Filip Hronek, and Brock Boeser are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

Lucas Raymond scored twice and added an assist, all in the first period. Viktor Arvidsson had two assists. Brandsegg-Nygard had two assists. William Wallinder, Rasmussen, and Emmitt Finnie scored. John Gibson stopped 4 of 5 in 40:00, then sat. The NHL recap said he had something in his eye. The Associated Press recap called it an upper-body injury. Todd McLellan told NHL.com he found out with about 10 minutes left in the second intermission, and that it is not believed to be serious. Postava stopped 7 of 8 in 19:45. Lekkerimaki had a goal and an assist. Elias Pettersson scored on the power play. Kevin Lankinen stopped 26 of 31.

Raymond, Wallinder, Pettersson, Raymond again

Raymond opened it at 4:18, a tip of Albert Johansson's point shot between his legs and over Lankinen's blocker, Brandsegg-Nygard the other assist. "It's just kind of one of those that that comes at you in the moment," Raymond told NHL.com.

Wallinder made it 2-0 at 6:04. The NHL recap said a cross-ice pass bounced back to him off Dylan Larkin, and he banked it in off Lankinen from the goal line.

Pettersson cut it to 2-1 at 7:02, a power-play one-timer from the right dot under Gibson's left pad. Hronek and Lekkerimaki on the play.

Raymond restored 3-1 at 8:56 on the power play. Alex DeBrincat threw it into the crease. The puck caught under Arvidsson after he was knocked down. Raymond backhanded the loose puck into an open net. The NHL recap said he became the first Red Wings skater with three points in a first period on the road since Andreas Athanasiou on Jan. 5, 2017. He has five points (three goals, two assists) in two games after none in the previous four. "He put himself in good spots tonight to score," McLellan told NHL.com.

Rasmussen, then a debut in the third

Rasmussen scored his first of the season at 14:58 of the second, a slot deflection, Anton Johansson and J.T. Compher on the play. Compher was back after seven games out. 4-1.

Postava got the net for the third. Daniil Tarasov was injured in practice Wednesday and is day to day, McLellan said. Postava was recalled that morning. "I don't have time to think about anything, so yeah, I just warm up and be ready."

Finnie made it 5-1 at 4:00, a drop from Arvidsson, shot over a falling Lankinen who had lost an edge. Vancouver's first shot since Pettersson arrived at 6:16 of the third. Lekkerimaki finished a cross-crease from Rossi at 10:37, Zeev Buium the other assist. 5-2.

Boeser told NHL.com it is the same stuff game after game, and it is embarrassing. Manny Malhotra said there has to be a level of concern, and that the identity of the team is a reflection of what the players are putting forth. Raymond, on the start: "We came out really hot. We came out playing with the puck, good O-zone time, and obviously we got rewarded for it." The NHL notes said Compher was plus-1 with an assist and a shot in 13:20 in his return, DeBrincat has four points in a three-game streak, Finnie has six points (three goals, three assists) in five games, and Rossi played 9:38 with an assist after two games out with an illness.

AthX Engine on a 31-13 shot night

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Raymond at 14.00 (two goals, an assist, five shots, plus the power-play bonus). Lekkerimaki is 7.70. Brandsegg-Nygard is 6.20. Arvidsson is 6.20. Finnie is 5.20. Wallinder is 5.10. Pettersson is 5.10 with the power-play bonus and two PIM. Rasmussen is 4.60. DeBrincat is 4.40. Gibson's win, four saves, and one goal against land at 3.40. Postava is 1.60. Lankinen is 4.40.

Detroit's team line is 21.00. Vancouver's 2-5 floors at 0.00.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for Raymond after five points in two games, and for a Canucks club that has now lost nine straight. They are not the same number.

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*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard, ESPN NHL scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020165. Information only; not financial advice.*