Detroit is on a winning streak and someone besides Connor McDavid is making news for Edmonton as the Red Wings and Pistons meet Saturday at Little Caesars Arena.The rebuilding Red Wings have won three in a row after starting the season 1-7-2.“I think we’re just starting to play. We’re getting some bounces and we’re holding on to the puck a lot longer in the offensive zone Joel Eriksson Ek Jersey ,” Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall said after Thursday’s 4-3 home victory over the New Jersey Devils. Article continues below ...“All in all, we’re spending more time in the offensive zone. I think when you have control over the puck there and guys are holding on to it leads to confidence. I think that’s been a big plus here of late.”Center Dylan Larkin, 22 and in his fourth season, has been Detroit’s best player this season with six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 13 games and been even better in the past three with two goals and five assists.“He’s been tremendous for us this year,” Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard said of Larkin. “He’s one of our best players night in and night out. He’s been flying, creating a lot of havoc in the offensive zone and been really responsible in the defensive zone. He has made so many great strides.”Larkin has been going up against opponents top centers and top lines and is expected to play head-to-head against McDavid (nine goals and 19 points in 12 games) on Saturday night.“We challenged him with playing against the othe” teamop lines in the last little bit and he loves that challenge. It just seems to bring out the best in him,” said Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill.“I thought that a year ago, I thought that at the World Championships (Blashill coached Larkin on the U.S. team in May). And he’s certainly done that over the last number of games. He’s played against some great lines and he will again on Saturday.”The Oilers (7-4-1) got 40 saves from backup goalie Mikko Koskinen in a 4-0 home win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.“Honestly, I only care if we win or lose, so it feels good because we won,” Koskinen said. “That’s all that matters. We need points.”He is 2-0-0 this season with a 1.51 goals-against average and .955 save percentage.“Great for him Chris Kunitz Jersey Womens , he’s been a good teammate the last month or month and a half,” Edmonton coach Todd McLellan said of Koskinen. “Guys want to play for him.”The Oilers sent 19-year-old defenseman Evan Bouchard, their first-round pick (10th overall) in June’s NHL Draft, to his junior team, London of the Ontario Hockey League. Bouchard had a goal in seven games.Edmonton also recalled defenseman Kevin Gravel from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. Gravel, 26, had an assist in five games with Bakersfield and had no points in two games in an earlier stint with the Oilers this season.Defenseman Danny DeKeyser is expected to return for Detroit Saturday night after missing eight games. The Red Wings will be without defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (unknown), center Frans Nielsen (unknown) and forwards Andreas Athanasiou (leg) and Thomas Vanek (lower body). VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Scoring was nice for Elias Pettersson. Winning was even better.The speedy rookie scored a pair of the goals, the second on a third-period breakaway, to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Monday night.The victory snapped the Canucks’ two-game losing streak and came on the heels of Vancouver’s 5-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.“It’s always fun to score Womens Luke Kunin Jersey ,” said Pettersson, who is the 21st player in NHL history to score at least seven goals in his first seven games. “But I think the biggest thought in the team was to bounce back from our last home game and we did that.”Pettersson, who was picked fifth overall in the 2017 draft, leads all NHL rookies in goals and in points with 10.His opening goal came at 6:51 of the second period. He took a pass from defenseman Michael Del Zotto and shot a one-timer past Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk.“If I got the puck I knew I would do a one-timer,” Pettersson said. “It was a good pass, right in the wheelhouse.”The second goal early in the third had the crowd of 16,546 on their feet cheering. First, Pettersson blocked a shot at the blue line. Then, Brock Boeser passed the loose puck to the streaking 19-year-old from Sundsvall, Sweden, who beat Dubnyk high on the blocker side.“Good defense leads to good offense Marcus Foligno Jersey , so I want to do what I can do best in the situation,” Pettersson said. “In the defensive zone, if you have to block a shot for us to win, you do it.”Head coach Travis Green praised Pettersson’s hockey sense.“He’s got a really good mind for the game, his details are sharp,” Green said. “He understands the defensive side of the game.“He’s caught onto it real quick playing center and he’ll be better. He’s going to get better in his own zone and he is every game. He’s a good player, does a lot of good things.”Markus Granlund and Jake Virtanen, on the power play, also scored for the Canucks, who snapped the Wild’s five-game winning streak. Ben Hutton scored into an empty net with 39.1 seconds remaining.Jordan Greenway scored his first NHL regular-season goal, and Ryan Sutter added a power-play goal for the Wild.Wild head coach Bruce Boudreau said his team paid the price for a slow start. Minnesota gave up the opening goal for the eighth time in the last nine games.“You keep doing that too often http://www.minnesotawildteamshops.com/authentic-matt-dumba-jersey , I told them, it’s going to happen,” Boudreau said. “Nobody is able to come back all the time if you’re going to start that slow.”He also was frustrated his team took five penalties and gave up a power-play goal.“If you look the top-six players are playing too much and the bottom-six players aren’t playing enough,” he said. “That’s all due to penalties.“To me, the third and fourth lines are playing good most nights. I think they deserve to play a little more.”Boudreau was curt in his assessment of Pettersson.“He’s going to be a good player for a long time,” he said.One positive for the Wild was Greenway scoring his first goal. He collected a rebound of his own shot, then scored on scramble in the first period.“It was good for sure,” said the rookie, who was recalled Sunday from a two-game stint in the AHL where he had a hat trick Saturday. “It would have been a lot nicer to get a win with it.“I really wanted to get the pucks to the net, go to the net. It worked out for me. I might keep doing it.”Greenway did have a goal in the playoffs last year.The excitement provided by Pettersson overshadowed a 37-save performance by Canuck goaltender Jacob Markstrom.“He was great tonight, he wasn’t just good Mikael Granlund Jersey ,” said Green. “They had the heat on us and . . . (Markstrom) was a rock back there.”Dubnyk, making his third consecutive start, stopped 26 shots for Minnesota.NOTES: Canucks center Brandon Sutter left the game early in the second period favoring his right shoulder after falling awkwardly into the boards. “He’s hurt and it’s not day-to-day, so it will be at least weeks,” Green said. … Horvat has four goals and two assists in his last seven games. . Canucks goaltender Anders Nilsson could miss up to three weeks after fracturing the finger on his blocker hand during Saturday morning’s skate. Backup Richard Bachman has been recalled from the AHL Utica Comets. … The Wild opened a seven-game, 14-day road trip, the longest in franchise history.UP NEXTMinnesota: At Edmonton on Tuesday.Vancouver: Home against Chicago on Wednesday.