Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 in a shootout on Friday, December 18, 2015 on the road.

Final score, Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Vancouver Canucks 4 31-38-13
at Detroit Red Wings 3 41-30-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Vancouver Canucks 1 1 1 0 1 4
Detroit Red Wings 0 1 2 0 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Overtime Shootout Total
Vancouver Canucks 17 10 12 1 0 40
Detroit Red Wings 5 5 14 4 0 28

Three stars

  1. R. Vrbata, Vancouver Canucks (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. P. Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. B. Horvat, Vancouver Canucks (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 18:57 Vancouver Canucks Jared McCann (7) Jannik Hansen (9) Even strength VAN 1, DET 0
2nd 17:08 Vancouver Canucks Sven Baertschi (3) Bo Horvat (7), Radim Vrbata (7) Even strength VAN 2, DET 0
2nd 18:53 Detroit Red Wings Joakim Andersson (1) Danny DeKeyser (5), Luke Glendening (6) Even strength VAN 2, DET 1
3rd 03:29 Detroit Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk (3) Brendan Smith (3), Alexey Marchenko (2) Even strength VAN 2, DET 2
3rd 05:33 Vancouver Canucks Radim Vrbata (10) Chris Tanev (4), Sven Baertschi (6) Even strength VAN 3, DET 2
3rd 18:53 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg (6) Pavel Datsyuk (7) Even strength VAN 3, DET 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round Team Shooter Result
1 Detroit Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk Saved
1 Vancouver Canucks Alexandre Burrows Saved
2 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist Saved
2 Vancouver Canucks Radim Vrbata Goal
3 Detroit Red Wings Brad Richards Goal
3 Vancouver Canucks Sven Baertschi Saved
4 Detroit Red Wings Tomas Tatar Saved
4 Vancouver Canucks Chris Higgins Saved
5 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin Saved
5 Vancouver Canucks Jannik Hansen Saved
6 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg Saved
6 Vancouver Canucks Daniel Sedin Saved
7 Detroit Red Wings Darren Helm Saved
7 Vancouver Canucks Linden Vey Goal (winner)

Team stats

Team stats, Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings
Stat Vancouver Canucks Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 40 28
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 8 6
Hits 18 26
Blocked shots 11 12
Giveaways 4 6
Takeaways 4 5
Faceoffs won 22/62 (35.5%) 40/62 (64.5%)

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 L. Vey R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 33.3% 11:24
Number 9 B. Prust L 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 13:44
Number 14 A. Burrows R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 0 100% 16:02
Number 15 D. Dorsett R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:53
Number 17 R. Vrbata R 1 1 2 +1 0 4 0 0 15:30
Number 20 C. Higgins L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 13:28
Number 22 D. Sedin L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 0 18:22
Number 24 A. Cracknell R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 30% 14:49
Number 36 J. Hansen R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 18:14
Number 47 S. Baertschi L 1 1 2 +1 0 4 1 1 13:33
Number 53 B. Horvat C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 45.5% 19:59
Number 91 J. McCann L 1 0 1 +1 2 4 1 0 16.7% 15:58
Number 6 Y. Weber D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 15:53
Number 8 C. Tanev D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 2 23:13
Number 23 A. Edler D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 4 25:31
Number 27 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 17:27
Number 44 M. Bartkowski D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 21:52
Number 55 A. Biega D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 4 1 19:08
Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 R. Miller 28 25 3 .893 65:00 Win

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 0 16:45
Number 13 P. Datsyuk C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 0 0 56.3% 18:57
Number 14 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 17:35
Number 15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 66.7% 17:17
Number 17 B. Richards C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:26
Number 18 J. Andersson C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 10:28
Number 21 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 17:39
Number 26 T. Jurco R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 10:23
Number 40 H. Zetterberg C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 0 64.3% 19:09
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 3 0 71.4% 14:00
Number 43 D. Helm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16:25
Number 71 D. Larkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 100% 18:20
Number 2 B. Smith D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15:54
Number 25 M. Green D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 1 24:21
Number 47 A. Marchenko D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 13:58
Number 52 J. Ericsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:34
Number 55 N. Kronwall D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 24:06
Number 65 D. DeKeyser D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 23:41
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 J. Howard 40 37 3 .925 64:02 OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 13:42 Vancouver Canucks Alexandre Burrows Tripping 2
2nd 20:00 Vancouver Canucks Brandon Prust Roughing 2
3rd 09:22 Vancouver Canucks Jared McCann Hooking 2
3rd 12:43 Vancouver Canucks Alex Biega Roughing 2
3rd 12:43 Detroit Red Wings Luke Glendening Roughing 2
3rd 13:06 Detroit Red Wings Niklas Kronwall Interference 2
3rd 14:34 Detroit Red Wings Brendan Smith Slashing 2

Game information

Vancouver Canucks head coach
Willie Desjardins
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Gord Dwyer, Tim Peel
Linesmen
Mark Wheler, Derek Nansen
Vancouver Canucks scratches
Henrik Sedin, Andrey Pedan, Ronalds Kenins
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Drew Miller, Jakub Kindl, Teemu Pulkkinen

2015-2016 season series

Every Vancouver Canucks and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2015-2016 season
Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2 Final/OT Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Oct 24, 2015
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final/SO Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Detroit Red Wings, Fri, Dec 18, 2015

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