DETROIT — Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary each scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings broke a tie with a three-goal outburst early in the third period in a 6-5 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
Nicklas Lidstrom added a goal and two assists, Derek Meech scored his first career goal for Detroit, and Chris Osgood made 20 saves.
Henrik Sedin had a goal and an assist, and Taylor Pyatt, Kyle Wellwood, Mason Raymond and Alex Burrows added goals for Vancouver in the Canucks’ fourth loss in a row. Shane O’Brien added two assists, and Curtis Sanford made 27 saves before being pulled in favor of Cory Schneider.
Meech, Lidstrom and Cleary scored 2:45 apart early in the third period.
Meech beat Sanford on a wrap around backhand shot 3:23 into the period, Lidstrom added his third goal — from the bottom of the left circle — at 4:13, and Cleary capitalized on a rebound on a power play at 6:08 for his second goal of the game and fourth of the season.
That sent Sanford to the bench.
Henrik Sedin scored on a rebound for his fourth goal at 8:20 for the Canucks and Burrows added a goal, his seventh, with Schneider pulled for a sixth attacker with 1:25 remaining.
Cleary’s first goal, 9:34 into the second period, tied it at 3.
He tipped in Lidstrom’s shot from the left point for his third goal.
Vancouver scored twice in the first 5 minutes of the second period to take a 3-2 lead.
Wellwood’s power-play goal at 1:22 tied it at 2. He scored his 11th goal by beating Osgood from the bottom of the left circle.
Raymond put in a carom off the back boards for his seventh goal at 4:43.
Pyatt opened the scoring just 1:35 into the game as Detroit surrendered a goal on its opponent’s first shot for the third consecutive game. Pyatt got his fourth goal when he beat Osgood from the inside edge of the right circle.
