Lucas Raymond scored twice and set up another goal in the first period, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Thursday night at Rogers Arena. Detroit (4-3-3) extended its point streak to six games (3-0-3), while Vancouver (2-9-1) lost its ninth straight. Michal Postava, recalled from Grand Rapids on an emergency basis earlier that day, made his NHL debut in relief of John Gibson to start the third period.

Scoring summary

• 1st, 4:18 — DET: Lucas Raymond, redirecting an Albert Johansson point shot. 1-0 Detroit.
• 1st, 6:04 — DET: William Wallinder, banked in off Kevin Lankinen from the goal line. 2-0 Detroit.
• 1st, 7:02 — VAN: Elias Pettersson, power play. 2-1 Detroit.
• 1st, 8:56 — DET: Lucas Raymond, power play. 3-1 Detroit.
• 2nd, 14:58 — DET: Michael Rasmussen, a deflection in the slot. 4-1 Detroit.
• 3rd, 4:00 — DET: Emmitt Finnie (Viktor Arvidsson). 5-1 Detroit.
• 3rd, 10:37 — VAN: Jonathan Lekkerimaki (Marco Rossi). 5-2 Detroit.

How it happened

Detroit chased the game open inside the first nine minutes, scoring three times on Lankinen. Raymond tipped Johansson’s shot from the point for the opener, Wallinder banked a puck off the Vancouver goalie from below the goal line less than two minutes later, and after Pettersson answered on a one-timer from the right dot, Raymond backhanded a loose puck into an open net on the power play. “We came out really hot,” Raymond said afterward.

From there the Red Wings smothered the Canucks, who went nearly two full periods without a shot on goal. Rasmussen scored his first goal of the season late in the second, and Finnie finished a drop pass from Arvidsson early in the third. Arvidsson and Michael Brandsegg-Nygard each had two assists. Vancouver committed 17 giveaways to Detroit’s six.

Goalies

Gibson stopped four of the five shots he faced before leaving after two periods. The team listed it as an upper-body injury, and coach Todd McLellan said afterward that the problem was with Gibson’s eye and was not believed to be serious. Postava, 24, made seven saves on eight shots in his first NHL action, allowing only Lekkerimaki’s goal. Detroit called him up because backup Daniil Tarasov was hurt in practice Wednesday; McLellan described Tarasov as day-to-day. Lankinen made 26 saves for Vancouver.

Center J.T. Compher returned to the lineup after missing seven games with an undisclosed injury.

What’s next

The four-game road trip continues Saturday in Calgary against the Flames and wraps up Monday in Edmonton against the Oilers.

Watch

Watch: Postgame comments from Michael Brandsegg-Nygard, Michal Postava, Lucas Raymond, and Todd McLellan (NHL.com)

Watch: DET at VAN | Recap (NHL.com)

Sources

• NHL.com: Raymond scores twice, Red Wings hand Canucks ninth straight loss (Oct. 22, 2026)
• The Canadian Press via iNFOnews: Raymond scores two, Red Wings smother Canucks (Oct. 22, 2026)
• Daily Faceoff: Red Wings’ John Gibson leaves game with upper-body injury
• Pro Hockey Rumors: Red Wings activate J.T. Compher, recall Michal Postava (Oct. 22, 2026)
• Detroit Red Wings: Road trip schedule

Correction (October 26, 2026): This story originally said Michal Postava was recalled from Grand Rapids a day before the game. His emergency recall was made official Thursday, the day of the game. It has been corrected.