Zetterberg scores only goal of shootoutHenrik Zetterberg scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Dan Cleary scored twice for Detroit in regulation and Dominik Hasek made 26 saves. The NHL-leading Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak. Henrik Sedin had a goal and an assist for Vancouver and Markus Naslund also scored. Roberto Luongo made 47 saves. Zetterberg scored the winning goal in the shootout by slipping a backhander between Luongo's pads after a fake. The Canucks scored twice in the last four minutes of the second period to tie it at 2. Sedin made it 2-1 with 4:39 left when he put a rebound into an open net for his ninth goal. Naslund tied it with 1:52 remaining when his attempted pass from the right circle deflected in off the skate of Detroit defenseman Brian Rafalski. It was Naslund's 16th goal. Cleary's second goal, his 18th of the season, made it 2-0. He tipped in Valtteri Filppula's pass, which came to him through his legs, 1:51 into the second period. Vancouver didn't have a shot from the eight-minute mark of the first period until 7:32 of the second period, a total of 19:32. Cleary opened the scoring with 1:16 left in the first period when he tipped Andreas Lilja's shot from the left point out of the air and past Luongo for his 17th goal. Notes:@ Detroit RW Dallas Drake missed his second game due to a sore knee. ... Naslund played in his 1,000th NHL game. ... Canucks C Ryan Kesler is a native of the Detroit suburb of Livonia.
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