Tatar, Red Wings top Canucks
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vancouver, BC (SportsNetwork.com) - Tomas Tatar scored the game-winning goal late in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings earned a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday at Rogers Arena.
Daniel Alfredsson scored Detroit's other goal and Jimmy Howard made 19 saves for the Red Wings, who snapped a four-game losing skid.
"I've got to give the guys a lot of credit tonight," Howard said. "They did a great job in front of me."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Daniel Sedin scored the lone Vancouver marker and Roberto Luongo allowed both goals on 27 shots for the Canucks, who had won four straight.
Sedin's wrister from a tough angle on the low right side staked the Canucks to a 1-0 lead with 5:48 left in the first, but the Red Wings responded with a pair of goals in the middle stanza to seize control of the contest.
Alfredsson evened the score 11:37 into the second when he pounded in a rebound from the low right side amid a scrum in front.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Detroit then pulled in front late in the frame when Tatar skated down the right side and stopped on a dime just inside the Vancouver zone before flipping a shot on net that snuck between the pads of Luongo to give Detroit a 2-1 lead with 1:02 left in the period.
Howard stood tall between the pipes in the third, turning away all seven shots he faced while helping the Red Wings kill off a pair of penalties to hang on for the victory.
"It's frustrating," Vancouver center Ryan Kesler said. "We played a decent game but were sloppy at times and we couldn't come back in the end."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Game Notes
Detroit's Patrick Eaves logged 7:23 of ice time in his season debut after missing the first 12 games with a sprained knee and ankle injury ... Daniel Sedin has notched seven points over his last five games, while brother Henrik registered an assist to run his point-streak to 10 games ... Both teams finished 0-for-3 on the power play.