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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Ticker) -- There are a handful of new faces in the lineup for the Detroit Red Wings, but it was the same old result against the Vancouver Canucks. Brendan Shanahan scored his third shorthanded goal of the season to cap a big second period as the Red Wings extended their unbeaten streak against the Canucks to 18 games with a 4-1 victory. Sergei Fedorov, defenseman Jiri Fischer and Steve Yzerman had the other goals for Detroit, which improved to 14-0-4 against Vancouver since February 6, 1997. Shanahan had just one shorthanded goal last season but notched a pair in Thursday's season-opening win at San Jose and got another Saturday with 1:44 left in the second period. "I don't know, it's kind of strange for me," Shanahan said. "We've got guys who are going to kill the penalty. But if we've got a chance, we're going to go." The Red Wings had a 2-1 lead, but Norris Trophy winner Nicklas Lidstrom was in the penalty box for holding when Chris Chelios carried out of his own zone and across the Canucks' blue line. He slid a pass to Shanahan, who ripped a blast from just above the right faceoff circle that beat goaltender Dan Cloutier to the glove side. "In order for us to get in the playoffs, we have to beat these teams. When it's 2-1, I can't let in a goal like that," Cloutier said. Yzerman finished off the victory with 5:56 to go in the third period, scoring his 646th career goal. The Red Wings' long-time captain is one of three 600-goal scorers on this season's roster. Dominik Hasek, one of Detroit's three key offseason acquisitions, stopped 29 shots for his second win in as many games. "After we scored some goals, we completely controlled the game," Hasek said. "We didn't give up many chances after that. There was lots of traffic in front of me. Fortunately, my defense backed me up. My defense blocked a couple of shots I didn't see. When I saw the puck, I could make the save." Defenseman Ed Jovanovski scored the lone goal for the Canucks, who are 0-8-2 in the last 10 home meetings with the Red Wings. "They're a team that plays 60 minutes of hockey and they don't make any mistakes. That's what makes them so good," Vancouver center Matt Cooke said. "We outplayed them. We have to be more disciplined and not take so many penalties." The Canucks had an 8-3 edge in shots in a scoreless first period and Jovanovski put them in front 8:42 into the second. The Red Wings tried to clear a rebound but put the puck on Jovanovski's stick. The big defenseman drifted across the slot, waited for Hasek to go down and wristed a shot over the goaltender. But Cooke went to the penalty box for tripping 11 seconds later and Detroit needed just three seconds to grab the momentum. Yzerman won a faceoff on the right side and got the puck to Fedorov, who blasted a shot by Cloutier's glove. "We didn't respond after our goal. I thought we responded really poorly, and that's really disappointing," Vancouver coach Marc Crawford said. "We need a better response. The Red Wings are a great team for a lot of reasons. And one of the reasons is they know how to respond." Asked about answering quickly, Detroit's Brett Hull said, "Always important. It's the last thing you want to give up but the first thing you want to do. It was a great shot by Sergei. It kind of just pumped everyone up on the bench." With 3:33 to go in the second period, Fischer came out of the penalty box and beat Cloutier on a breakaway for his second NHL goal and first since March 17. Cloutier surrendered Yzerman's goal off a perfect pass from Hull and ended up stopping just 15 shots. "Goaltending is the question," Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman said of the Canucks. "If he plays well, they'll be tough to beat."
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