VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Brendan Shanahan scored his third shorthanded goal of the season to cap a big second period as the Detroit Red Wings extended their unbeaten streak against the Vancouver Canucks to 18 games Saturday night with a 4-1 victory.
Sergei Fedorov, defenseman Jiri Fischer and Steve Yzerman had the other goals for Detroit, which improved to 14
4 against Vancouver since Feb. 6, 1997.
Shanahan had just one shorthanded goal last season but scored a pair in Thursday's season-opening win at San Jose and got another Saturday with 1:44 left in the second period.
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.
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.
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.
