SAN JOSE, Calif. – Elias Pettersson scored with 35 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 6-5 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Wednesday.
Pettersson scored from the left circle off a pass from Andrei Kuzmenko.
Kuzmenko tied it 5-5 at 16:07 of the third period with a power-play goal when he redirected a Pettersson shot at the left post.
Tomas Hertl (48) collides with Canuks goalie Spencer Martin during overtime action – Photo by Jack Lima
Dakota Joshua scored twice, and Spencer Martin made 34 saves for the Canucks (12-12-3), who have won six of eight.
Logan Couture had a goal and an assist, and Tomas Hertl had two assists for the Sharks (8-16-5), who have lost seven of eight (1-5-2). Kaapo Kahkonen made 15 saves through two periods before being replaced by Eetu Makiniemi, who made seven saves in his NHL debut.
Sharks Nico Strum and Canucks Riley Stillman fight for the puck in the corner – Photo by Jack Lima
Nick Bonino gave the Sharks a 1-0 lead at 18 seconds of the first period, deflecting a shot by Matt Benning.
Joshua tied it 1-1 at 4:15 on a rebound, then made it 2-1 at 19:35 on a power play.
Nils Hoglander extended Vancouver’s lead to 3-1 at 1:34 of the second period when he scored short side.
Timo Meier cut it to 3-2 at 7:27 on a power play.
Tomas Hertl makes an off-balance pass – Photo by Jack Lima
It appeared Joshua had scored his first NHL hat trick to make it 4-2 at 8:02, but the Sharks successfully challenged the play for goaltender interference.
Couture tied it 3-3 at 10:53 on a breakaway, San Jose’s first short-handed goal of the season.
Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen swats the puck away from Ilya Mikheyev (65) – Photo by Jack Lima
Ilya Mikheyev put Vancouver ahead 4-3 at 19:28 on a breakaway after Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson turned the puck over.
Jonah Gadjovich tied it 4-4 at 2:45 of the third period with a shot from the left circle before Kevin Labanc gave San Jose a 5-4 lead at 11:28 with a slap shot from the left circle.
Photos by Jack.Lima@prohockeynews.com.
Sharks goalie Eetu Makiniemi lines up to block a shot by Conor Garland during his NHL debut in the third period – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks defenseman Matt Benning (5) pins Dakota Joshua against the boards – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson looks to make a pass – Photo by Jack Lima
Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson (65) kicks the puck away from Niks Aman – Photo by Jack Lima
Logan Couture (39) takes a shot in front of Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23)t that results in his second period goal – Photo by Jack Lima
Logan Couture (39) celebrates his goal with Nico Sturm – Photo by Jack Lima
Linesman Shandor Alponso drops the puck on a face-off between Tomas Hertl (Left) and Bo Horvat (Right) – Photo by Jack Lima
Jack Studnicka (18) tries to screen Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen – Photo by Jack Lima
Dakota Joshua (81) scores a first period goal past goalie Kaapo Kahkonen as Jaycob Megna (24) defends – Photo by Jack Lima
Dakota Joshua (81) and Radim Simek (Right) fight during first period action – Photo by Jack Lima
Curtis Lazar (20) loses control of the puck as he tries to take a shot on goalie Eetu Makiniemi – Photo by Jack Lima
Canucks goalie Spencer Martin stops a shot by Luke Kunin (11) – Photo by Jack Lima
Canucks goalie Spencer Martin lays on top of the puck in the middle of a goal mouth scrum – Photo by Jack Lima
Canucks goalie Spencer Martin and Sharks forward CJ Suess look for the puck behind the net – Photo by Jack Lima
Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes skates the puck up ice – Photo by Jack Lima
Brock Boeser (6) looks to pass as Radim Simek (51) defends – Photo by Jack Lima
Andrei Kuzmenko (96) ties the game in the third period with a goal past goalie Eetu Makiniemi – Photo by Jack Lima
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