Detroit Red Wings beat Vancouver Canucks as Raymond scores twice

Raymond leads the first-period scoring

Lucas Raymond opened the scoring at 4:18 of the first period, assisted by Albert Johansson and Michael Brandsegg-Nygård. William Wallinder doubled Detroit’s lead at 6:04, with Raymond and Brandsegg-Nygård assisting. Vancouver answered through Elias Pettersson’s power-play goal at 7:02, cutting the deficit to one.

Raymond backhanded a loose puck into an open net on the power play at 8:56, making it 3-1.

The two goals continued Raymond’s recent scoring run: he had three goals across his past two games after going scoreless in eight appearances.

Rasmussen adds to a shotless second

Vancouver recorded no shots on goal in the second period. Michael Rasmussen added Detroit’s fourth goal at 14:58 of the second period, extending the advantage to three.

Rasmussen redirected Anton Johansson’s shot for the goal. J.T. Compher supplied the secondary assist, contributing to the scoring in his first appearance since October 4.

Postava takes over for Gibson

John Gibson stopped four of five shots through two periods, but an upper-body injury prevented his return for the third. Michal Postava replaced him for Detroit in the third period and stopped seven of eight shots in relief. Postava had been recalled from Grand Rapids after Detroit backup Daniil Tarasov was injured during practice.

Finnie extends the lead before Vancouver replies

Emmitt Finnie made it 5-1 at 4:00 of the third, assisted by Viktor Arvidsson. Jonathan Lekkerimäki replied at 10:37, tapping in Marco Rossi’s pass across the net after Rossi received Zeev Buium’s feed and entered Detroit’s zone.

That completed the scoring in regulation. Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen finished with 26 saves as Detroit earned its first road victory of the season.