The set-up: The Red Wings missed last year's playoffs, ending 25 consecutive postseason appearances. Detroit began the current season 4-1-0 but suffered losses early this week at home to the Lightning and then at Toronto, before coughing up a late lead in a 5-4 overtime defeat against Washington at home Friday. Detroit (now 4-3-1) hosts Vancouver tonight, which comes in 3-3-1 after rallying to knock off Buffalo 4-2 on Friday to improve to 2-1-0 on its current five-game road trip. When the Wings won their most recent Stanley Cup (in 2007-08), it was Henrik Zetterberg leading the way, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy. When the Canucks reached Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2011, it was was Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel, leading the way, finishing 1-2 on the team in playoff scoring, combining for 12 goals and 30 assists. The glory days are long gone for Detroit and Vancouver but the link to that bygone era for both teams is that their best players then, remain their best players now.

Vancouver: Henrik Sedin is Vancouver's captain and son a line with his brother. Former first-round pick Jake Virtanen was placed on a line with the Sedins against Buffalo and he responded with his first point of the season on an assist. However, the Sedins, who have combined for more than 2,000 career points, each have only three in the early going. However, forward Derek Dorsett, who played only 14 games when his season was ended by December neck surgery, scored twice Friday and already has four goals this season. However, the Vancouver power play has struggled (4-for-35 or 11.4 percent).

Detroit: The Red Wings, in need of salary cap space after agreeing to terms Friday on a one-year contract with holdout forward Andreas Athanasiou, made a pair of trades on Saturday. Center Riley Sheahan ($2.075 million) was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Scott Wilson ($575,000), a move that cleared enough room to fit in Athanasiou's $1.387 million deal. The tem also made a trade surround with the Rangers for players in the AHL. Tomas Tatar has three goals in the last two agmes and fellow forward Darren Helm scored for the first time this season in Friday's setback. Defenseman Mike Green tops the team with 10 points (nine on assists) while Zetterberg and fellow forward Dylan Larkin are next with nine apiece. Anthony Mantha has seven points but the right wing has been scoreless with a minus-5 rating over the last three games
The pick: This marks the fourth game of Vancouver's five-game road trip, while Detroit may be a little leg-weary, playing its fourth game in seven nights. Detroit has seen six of its eight games go "over" so far, and that's the paly here. Make the Over a 10*