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DETROIT -- Damien Brunner had two goals and two assists to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 8-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night at Joe Louis Arena.
Joakim Andersson scored twice, Henrik Zetterberg and Niklas Kronwall had a goal and two assists each, Daniel Cleary contributed a goal and an assist, and Jordin Tootoo also scored for Detroit (9-7-3). Pavel Datsyuk and Jonathan Ericsson had two assists, and Jimmy Howard stopped 18 shots.
Daniel Sedin scored twice and Chris Higgins added a goal for Vancouver (10-4-4). Henrik Sedin had two assists, and Roberto Luongo made 20 saves as he took his first regulation loss of the season.
Detroit, which came into the game 26th on the power play, scored three power-play goals in the second period to take a 5-3 lead.
Cleary tied it at 3, 2:57 into the middle period, when he tipped one in during a goal-mouth scramble for his fourth goal of the season, his third in four games. Zetterberg's sixth goal of the year gave the Red Wings the lead with 4:50 left in the second when he beat Luongo with a one-timer from the slot. Brunner calmly put in a rebound with 42 seconds remaining in the middle period.
Brunner added his second of the game and Andersson scored both his goals in the third period.
The Canucks had only three shots in the second.
Vancouver led 3-2 after the first period.
Daniel Sedin's first goal of the game opened the scoring at 5:45. He put in a one-timer from the front of the net off a pass from brother Henrik.
Tootoo tied it with 8:52 left in the opening period when his shot from deep along the right wing boards went in off of Canucks defenseman Keith Ballard. It was Tootoo's second goal of the year. The Red Wings then went ahead just 1:29 later when Kronwall's slap shot from just inside the blue line went in off the stick of Vancouver defenseman Dan Hamhuis for Kronwall's third goal of the season and second in two nights.

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