Jake DeBrusk’s hat trick lifts Canucks to OT win over Wings

Jake DeBrusk had a hat trick, including the game-winner with one minute left in overtime, and the visiting Vancouver Canucks defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-4 on Sunday afternoon.DeBrusk also scored two power-play goals in a 43-second span early in the second period. Pius Suter and Erik Brannstrom had the other Canucks goals and Kevin Lankinen made 27 saves.DeBrusk scored the game-winner on a shot from the left side, assisted by Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes.Jonatan Berggren, Alex DeBrincat, Michael Rasmussen and Vladimir Tarasenko scored for Detroit.Detroit’s starting goaltender, Cam Talbot, departed in the second period with a lower-body injury. He was replaced by Ville Husso, who made 15 saves.Lankinen is now 10-0-0 on the road this season, surpassing Glenn Hall (1965-66) and Talbot (2023-24) for the most road wins to start a season in NHL history. Talbot played for Los Angeles last season.Detroit scored first with 6:03 left in the period.Erik Gustafsson took a shot from the left point, which Lankinen saved. The rebound came to Berggren, who snapped it past the goaltender from the right circle. Marco Kasper was credited with the second assist.The Canucks benefitted from a 5-on-3 power play spanning the first and second periods to take the lead. DeBrusk tipped in a rebound of Pettersson’s shot 23 seconds into the period. Hughes picked up the second assist.

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