VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Detroit Red Wings carried play through two periods, but couldn’t close out their opponent.
They blew a lead in the third period Sunday at Rogers Arena and lost another close game, falling 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks.
It was a disappointing end after a dominating start. The Wings salted pucks at Jacob Markstrom but didn’t break him until halfway through, when Frans Nielsen contributed his eight goal of the season. Nielsen picked up his second point of the game when he set up Thomas Vanek’s 10th goal of the season. That was also Vanek’s second point of the game.