By Andrew Chernoff

November 10, 2016

Vancouver (5-9-1=11 pts) visited Joe Lewis Arena for the last time, to take on the Detroit Red Wings (8-6-1=17 pts), in the last game of their 6 game road trip.

Vancouver came into Detroit looking for back-to-back wins for the first time on the road this season. It was not to be

A regulation loss would have the Canucks matching their fewest points in 15 games into a season (11) since 1997-98 (8 pts: 3-10-2), which it did.

Detroit defeated the Canucks 3-1, to lose 5 of 6 games on their road trip (1-5-0); leaving Vancouver with only 1 win in their last 11 games (1-9-1).

Canucks had their lone goal from Daniel Sedin (5), assists going to Henrik Sedin (4) and Troy Stecher (2).

Vancouver is now 1-6-1 on the road.

Canucks starting goalie Ryan Miller, stopped 24 of 27 shots in the game, his 7th straight loss this season.

Miller, after tonight, is 1-7-0 with a 2.79 GAA and a .907 save percentage.

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Canucks, are tied for 25th place in the NHL (with Dallas, Calgary); and are tied for 5th place in the Pacific division with Calgary, with 11 points; 8 points behind the Oilers, 1 point ahead of the Arizona Coyotes, who have two games in hand on Vancouver.

Game Summary

In the first period, Dylan Larkin got Detroit on the scoreboard with a quick goal at the 32 second mark, his 5th of the season, assisted by Henrik Zetterberg (7) and Gustav Nyquist (7).

The goal by Larkin represented the 13th time in 15 games that Vancouver has given up the first goal of a hockey game this season.

Brendan Smith, made it 2-0 Detroit, his second of the year, assisted by Niklas Kronwall (1) and Henrik Zetterberg (8), at 18:13.

In the second period, there was no scoring.

In the third period, Daniel Sedin and on a beautiful play and pass with Henrik, get Vancouver on the scoreboard, with his 5th goal, to pull the Canucks within a goal of Dertroit at 2-1, at 3:14; assisted by Henrik Sedin (4) and Troy Stecher (2).

Detroit would make it tough for the Canucks late in the game, as they would go up by two goals, on Steve Ott’s first goal as a Red Wing, his first of the season, assisted by Jonathan Ericsson (4) and Alexey Marchenko (4) at 15:14.

In brief:

• Canucks behind 2-0 after one; trailed 2-0 after two periods
• Vancouver out shot Detroit 37-27
• The Vancouver penalty kill was 4 for 4 , with 3 shots against; 1 shot for; 0 shorthanded goals for; the power play was 0 for 3, with 3 shots for, 1 shot against and 0 shorthanded goals against

Next Game: Nov 13, 2016: Dallas at Vancouver @1:00 p.m. PST

Canucks Post Game Stats

Regular Season Game 15, Road Game 8

Final Score      1     2     3     OT   SO     F
Van                       0     0      1                          1
Det                        2     0      1                          3

Records:
Van: 5-9-1 (Road: 1-6-1)
Det: 8-6-1 (Home: 5-4-0)

Stats:   SF   SA     PP     PK   PIM    CF         CA       SCF   SCA    HITS 
Van         37    27     0-3     4-4      8    56(46)    49(33)   17(11)  17(14)     25
Det          27    37     0-4     3-3      6    49(33)    56(46)   17(14)  17(11)     23
                                    5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA                                                                SCF=scoring chances for; SCA=scoring chances against.

Event summary:

• Vancouver had 10-blocked shots; 6-giveaways; 4-takeaways, 12-shot attempts blocked and 7-missed shots

Face-offs:

• Total: 30-63: 65 percent
  • offensive zone: 15-26: 63%
  • defensive zone: 9-20: 74%
  • neutral zone: 6-17: 59%

Game Stats Reports:  Game, Face-Offs, Shots, Event

Player Stats:

•  Face-Offs:
  • Sutter, 7-16; H.Sedin, 12-22
  • Horvat, 7-14; Gaunce, 0-1
  •  Chaput, 1-5; Granlund, 1-2
  • Edler, 2-3
• Shots leaders:
  • Stecher, 6; Edler, 4; Sutter, 3
  • Granlund: 3;  D.Sedin, 3
•  Hits leaders:
  • Gudbranson, 4; Tryamkin, 4; ; Edler, 4
  • Gaunce, 3; Sbisa, 3; Chaput, 3; Horvat, 3
• Blocked Shots leaders:
  • Hutton, 2
• Giveaway leaders:
  • Gudbranson, 3; Burrows, 2; Eriksson, 1
• Takeaway leaders:
  • Stecher, 2; Granlund, 1; Burrows, 1
• Shot Attempts Blocked:
  • Hutton, 4; D.Sedin, 2; Stecher, 2
• Missed Shots:
  • Burrows, 2

Advanced Player Stats For Game:

• Defensemen (CorsiFor%):
  • All Strengths:
    • Edler: 60.00; Stecher: 61.54
    • Hutton: 55.88 ; Gudbranson: 41.18
    • Sbisa: 43.33; Tryamkin: 48.15
  • 5 on 5:
    •  Edler: 65.62; Stecher: 63.64
    • Hutton: 50.00; Gudbranson: 50.00
    • Tryamkin: 55.00; Sbisa: 61.11
• Forwards (CorsiFor%):
  • All Strengths:
    • D.Sedin: 56.25; H.Sedin: 54.55; Ericksson: 60.61
    • Granlund: 51.85; Sutter: 51.72; Burrows: 40.74
    • Baertschi: 53.57; Horvat: 50.00; Dorsett: 54.55
    • Chaput: 61.54; Gaunce: 80.00; Skille: 57.14
  • 5 on 5:
    • D.Sedin: 58.33; H.Sedin: 58.33; Ericksson: 66.67
    • Granlund: 50.00; Sutter: 55.56; Burrows: 50.00
    • Baertschi: 54.17; Horvat: 58.33; Dorsett: 57.14
    • Chaput: 61.54; Gaunce: 80.00; Skille: 57.14

Note: Corsi stats from naturalstattrick.com, hockeystats.ca, corsica.hockey and nhl 

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