If this keeps up, James van Riemsdyk may not want to return to Detroit.

The Detroit Red Wings forward opened the scoring Monday, Dec. 8, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, part of a trio of goals for the Wings in an 4-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

Van Riemsdyk, 36, put the Wings up 1-0 on a backhand with just under six minutes left in the first period. He has scored in all three games to open the Wings’ six-game road trip, part of a four-game scoring streak and his sixth goal in seven games. This, after the 2007 No. 2 overall pick scored in the Wings’ opener and then went 16 games with a goose egg. TWO OF A KIND: Patrick Kane, James van Riemsdyk party like 2007 as Red Wings roll

The No. 1 pick in that 2007 NHL Draft, Patrick Kane, went scoreless Monday, remaini

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