Canucks' Luongo makes 39 saves as Red Wings lose to Vancouver, 2-1

Daniel Sedin scored twice and Roberto Luongo made 39 saves, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings.

The Western Conference-leading Canucks have won eight of nine and have built a 10-point lead over second-place Detroit with eight games left in the regular season.

The Red Wings, who sit atop the Central Division, are in an 0-2-1 slump and are 4-4-3 this month.

Sedin scored off Detroit defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom’s skate at 6:31 of the second period, giving Vancouver a two-goal lead with a power-play one-timer against stickless goalie Jimmy Howard.

Jiri Hudler’s power-play goal off a rebound with 8:22 left pulled the Red Wings within a goal. Jummy Howard made 31 saves.

The Red Wings are still in the 2nd place in the Western Conference with 95 points, but the San Jose Sharks, who defeated Calgary 6-3 last night, are dangerously close with 94 points.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWS

Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg

Canucks forward Daniel Sedin

Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo

Canucks captain Henrik Sedin

Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa

Canucks defenseman Christian Ehrhoff

Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault