Lucas Raymond scored two goals and added an assist as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 at Rogers Arena on Thursday.
Detroit took early control in the first period with two goals in less than two minutes. Raymond opened the scoring with a tip-in goal at 4:18 off assists from Albert Johansson and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård. William Wallinder followed at 6:04 with a snap shot assisted by Raymond and Brandsegg-Nygård. Elias Pettersson brought Vancouver within one on a power-play slap shot at 7:02, assisted by Filip Hronek and Jonathan Lekkerimäki. Raymond pushed the lead back to two at 8:56, scoring on a power-play backhand shot set up by Viktor Arvidsson and Alex DeBrincat.
The Red Wings pulled further away in the final two periods. Michael Rasmussen scored his first goal of the season at 14:58 of the second period on a tip-in assisted by Anton Johansson and J.T. Compher. Detroit made it 5-1 at 4:00 of the third period when Emmitt Finnie scored on a wrist shot assisted by Arvidsson. Lekkerimäki added Vancouver's second goal at 10:37 of the third period with a wrist shot off helpers from Marco Rossi and Zeev Buium.
Detroit held a 31-13 advantage in shots on goal, while both clubs finished 1-for-4 on the power play. In goal for Detroit, M. Postava stopped seven of eight shots, and J. Gibson earned the win by making four saves on five shots. Kevin Lankinen took the loss for Vancouver after turning aside 26 of 31 shots.
The win brought Detroit's regular-season record to 4-3-3. Vancouver dropped to 2-9-1 and stretched its winless streak to nine straight games (0-8-1).
Detroit visits the Calgary Flames on Saturday, October 24. Vancouver hosts the Minnesota Wild on Sunday, October 25.
