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Red Wings waste another third-period lead in 3-2 loss to Canucks

Related Topics: Waste, Dominic Roussel, Vancouver

The bye week can’t get here quick enough for the Red Wings.

They lost another third-period lead Sunday, letting Vancouver score twice as the Canucks rallied for a 3-2 victory.

Dominic Roussel scored a deflected goal at 13 minutes, 14 seconds of the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie. Vancouver’s Bo Horvat tied the game 2-2 at 7:27 off a scramble, as the Canucks erased a 2-1 deficit into the third period.

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Thomas Vanek scored a goal (his 10th) and set up Frans Nielsen (Nielsen’s 8th), both in the second period.