VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) \u2014 John Gibson made 39 saves for his first NHL shutout in nearly three years, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Monday night.<\/p>\n
James van Riemsdyk, Andrew Copp, Nate Danielson and Dylan Larkin scored for the Red Wings (16-11-3), who moved from just outside the crowded Eastern Conference playoff picture into first place in the Atlantic Division.<\/p>\n
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Detroit has earned at least one point in five consecutive games and is 3-0-1 since an 0-3-1 slide.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old Gibson improved to 7-7-1 in his first season with the Red Wings after 12 with Anaheim. It was his 25th career shutout and first since a 2-0 win for the Ducks over Dallas on Jan. 4, 2023. He is 13-5-2 against Vancouver with four shutouts.<\/p>\n
Canucks goalie Kevin Lankinen was removed after making 10 saves on 13 shots over two periods. Nikita Tolopilo stopped all six shots he faced in the third.<\/p>\n
Vancouver (11-16-3) went 0 for 3 with the man advantage and has gone six games without a power-play goal. Detroit was 0 for 2.<\/p>\n
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In a fast-moving first period, the Canucks outshot the Red Wings 11-6. But the visitors opened the scoring when van Riemsdyk tapped a loose puck at the net front past Lankinen for his fourth goal in four games.<\/p>\n
Late in the second, Copp and Danielson scored 37 seconds apart. Copp\u2019s third of the season was a backdoor tap-in off a pass from defenseman Axel Sandin-Pellikka. Danielson\u2019s second career goal was a net-front tip off Sandin-Pellikka’s point shot.<\/p>\n
Sandin-Pellikka\u2019s two primary assists gave him his first multipoint night in 30 NHL games.<\/p>\n
Larkin added an empty-net goal in the third.<\/p>\n
Canucks captain Quinn Hughes was held without a point for the sixth straight game, tying the longest drought of his career in April 2023.<\/p>\n
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Vancouver center Elias Pettersson missed his second game in a row with an upper-body injury.<\/p>\n
Detroit has won consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 16 and 18.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Red Wings: Visit the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night in the fourth of a six-game trip.<\/p>\n
Canucks: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night to finish a four-game homestand.<\/p>\n
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