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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Coming off the biggest game of his four-year NHL career and performing the way he and his twin brother Henrik were expected to when they entered the league amidst much hype after being drafted second and third overall in 1999, Daniel Sedin didn't gloat or say "I told you so."

Vindication isn't in the unassuming Sedins' vocabulary. Asked Wednesday by a TV reporter if his four-goal game in Vancouver's 4-2 victory over Detroit made him feel vindicated after enduring so much criticism and scrutiny in this hockey-mad city, Daniel paused and responded, "I don't know what that means."

There's nothing wrong with the 23-year-old Swedish twins' English, just as there's little wrong with their games lately. Daniel has 29 points (13 goals and 16 assists) in 29 games since Christmas. Henrik has 26 points (eight goals, 18 assists) in the same time span.

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