Vancouver (42-32-8) at Detroit (58-16-8) 7:00 pm EDT

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Regular Season Matchup
	W-L-OT	HOME	ROAD	DIV	CONF
VAN	49-26-7	26-11-4	23-15-3	16-13-3	41-25-6
DET	50-19-13	29-4-8	21-15-5	22-4-6	44-16-12
· Complete Standings

Team Stat Comparison
217	Goals	252
197	Goals Against	191
70	Power Play Goals	68
57	Power Play Goals Allowed	63
5	Shorthanded Goals	12
8	Shorthanded Goals Allowed	11
1206	Penalty Minutes	982
15	Average Penalty Minutes	12

Goalie Breakdown
	GOALIE	GP	W	TGA	GAA	SO	SV	SV%
	Roberto Luongo	76	47	171	2.28	5	1998	.921
	Dany Sabourin	9	2	21	2.63	0	203	.906
	Dominik Hasek	56	38	114	2.05	8	1195	.913
	Chris Osgood	21	11	46	2.38	0	450	.907
	Joey MacDonald	8	1	27	3.46	0	184	.872

Team Stat Leaders
G	Daniel Sedin 36	Henrik Zetterberg 33
A	Henrik Sedin 71	Pavel Datsyuk 60
PTS	Daniel Sedin 84	Pavel Datsyuk 87
PIM	Kevin Bieksa 134	Mathieu Schneider 66
SOG	Daniel Sedin 236	Nicklas Lidstrom 224

Vancouver (42-32-8) at Detroit (58-16-8) 7:00 pm EDT

DETROIT (Ticker) - The Vancouver Canucks suffered through a very disappointing 2005-2006 campaign and look to start the long road back to the playoffs when they face the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday in the season opener for both clubs.

The Canucks finished ninth in the Western Conference, three points behind eventual conference champion the Edmonton Oilers.

Predictably, there were major changes in Vancouver in the offseason. The biggest was the five-player trade that sent troubled right wing Todd Bertuzzi to the Florida Panthers for goaltender Roberto Luongo.

Luongo is 1-4-1 lifetime against Detroit with a 2.75 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage.

Vancouver also dismissed coach Marc Crawford and replaced him with Alain Vigneault.

One mainstay for the Canucks is left wing Marcus Naslund, who has led the team in scoring for seven straight seasons. The swift Naslund scored 32 goals and added 47 assists in 81 games last season.

Detroit won the Presidents' Trophy with 124 points last season, but was stunned by Edmonton in a first-round upset.

The Red Wings, who have won five straight Central Division titles, also have a different look for 2006-07. Long-time captain Steve Yzerman retired and Brendan Shanahan signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers in the offseason.

Detroit also signed free agent goaltender Dominik Hasek, who returns for a third stint with the Red Wings. Hasek, who went 28-10-4 with a 2.09 GAA and a .925 save percentage with Ottawa last season, led Detroit to its last Stanley Cup in 2002.