Red Wings vs Canucks game
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The gist
The Vancouver Canucks enter their Oct. 22 home game against Detroit on an eight-game losing streak.
Vancouver is 2-8-1 and hasn't won since Oct. 3, while Detroit is 3-3-3.
Background
The Vancouver Canucks and Detroit Red Wings are NHL teams meeting for the first time this 2026-27 season at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. The Canucks are 2-8-1 and have lost eight straight, entering their 12th game of the season, while Detroit sits at 3-3-3 and is 0-0-2 on the road during a West Coast trip. Vancouver coach Manny Malhotra has pointed to poor third periods and the difficulty of piling up losses. Detroit won all four meetings in the 2025-26 series.
How it unfolded
- Oct 3, 2026The last date the Canucks registered a win, per the game preview.
- Oct 20, 2026The Red Wings lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Seattle Kraken in Seattle after erasing a three-goal third-period deficit.
- Oct 21, 2026The Canucks lost 6-3 to the Carolina Hurricanes.
- Oct 22, 2026Detroit (3-3-3) visits Vancouver (2-8-1) at Rogers Arena at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT in the teams' first meeting of the season.
Who’s saying what
- Caution
- Canucks coach Manny Malhotra said the team's third periods haven't been good enough and that Vancouver is on its heels a lot right now.
- Expert
- Malhotra said adversity shows who you can count on and trust to fight through it, and that there's some benefit if the team understands why it's happening and how hard winning is in the league.