Lineup of Saturday NHL games of this week is advancing to be one of the better ones of the season. The game between the Detroit Red Wings and the Vancouver Canucks is highlighting all of the day’s match ups.

For this matchup NHL Odds have not yet been posted.

With 55 points each presently the Canucks and Red Wings are tied for first place in the Western Conference and in the NHL this is also good for the best record. A sizzling ten game stretch which the Canucks have used, has seen them go 9-0-1 with a six game winning streak. By compiling a 5-3-2 mark, the Red Wings have been pretty good their last ten games as well.

On December 22nd at Joe Louis Arena the only team to recently beat the red hot Canucks happened to be Detroit back. In order to send the game into overtime where Henrik Zetterberg won the game, the Red Wings needed a late third period goal by Nicklas Lidstrom in that game.

The Canucks have vaulted themselves into the top 10 in just about every key statistical group while riding this current hot streak. With having the 2nd best power play percentage at 24.8%, currently, Vancouver is ranked 2nd overall in the NHL averaging 3.4 goals per game. With the 4th best power play percentage at 22.7%, the Red Wings have the 1st ranked offense scoring 3.5 goals per game. When these two teams meet again this coming Saturday, much like the 5-4 overtime thriller two weeks ago, one can surely expect another offensive shootout.