Roundup: Red Wings edge Canucks to snap slide

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Tomas Tatar scored his first goal of the season late in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Wednesday.

Daniel Alfredsson had the other goal for the Red Wings (7-4-2), while Jimmy Howard made 19 saves as Detroit snapped a four-game slide.

Daniel Sedin scored for Vancouver (9-5-1), which finished with a season-low 20 shots and had its four-game winning streak come to an end.

Roberto Luongo stopped 25 shots in taking the loss. Henrik Sedin set up Vancouver's first goal to extend his point streak to 10 games (three goals, nine assists).

Trailing 1-0 after the first period, Alfredsson tied the score at 11:37 of the second with his third goal of the season. The former Ottawa Senators captain picked up a loose puck in the slot and fired a shot off the post that rebounded in off Luongo's leg.

Playing just his fifth game of the season, the 22-year-old Tatar then gave Detroit its first lead of the game with 62 seconds left in the period.

With the Canucks collapsing in their own zone, Tartar fired a weak shot from just inside the blue line that found its way through Luongo. Vancouver defenseman Christopher Tanev tried to get out of the way of the shot, but instead appeared to screen the Canucks' goalie.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, FLAMES 1

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — James van Riemsdyk scored a short-handed goal and Jonathan Bernier made 41 saves to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Wednesday night.

Eastern Conference-leading Toronto has won three straight to improve to 10-4-0. It was the Maple Leafs' first victory in Calgary since Dec. 27, 2002.

Joffrey Lupul, Mason Raymond and Paul Ranger — short-handed into an empty net — also scored for Toronto. Coming off a 4-0 victory on Tuesday night in Edmonton, the Maple Leafs will wrap up their three-game trip through Western Canada on Saturday night in Vancouver.

Matt Stajan and David Jones scored for Calgary. The Flames are 5-5-2.

Late in the first period with Toronto up 1-0 and killing a penalty, van Riemsdyk carried the puck out of his own end, worked a give-and-go with Jay McClement after crossing the Calgary blue line and snapped a 30-foot shot over goalie Karri Ramo's glove.

Calgary couldn't muster enough offense against Bernier despite holding a 43-22 edge in shots. Bernier was playing for the first time in three games and simply didn't give the Flames much, despite Calgary having the territorial edge.