Sedin saves Canucks in OT
Vancouver comes from behind to beat Anaheim 3-2
VANCOUVER — Henrik Sedin scored at 4:01 of overtime Friday as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-2.
The Canucks captain roofed his ninth of the season on a 2-on-1 rush in the extra period after Ryan Getzlaf missed the net on a 2-on-1 at the other end.
Loui Eriksson and Jack Skille scored in regulation for Vancouver, which got 24 saves from Ryan Miller.
Getzlaf and Rickard Rakell found the back of the net for Anaheim. John Gibson stopped 23 shots.
Down 2-1 after two periods, the Canucks tied it up at 2:02 of the third when Bo Horvat made a nice play behind the net to lose Rakell before feeding the puck into the slot. Alexander Edler’s shot eventually found its way to Skille, who followed up his own rebound to bury his fourth of the season.
Miller made a couple of nice saves with under five minutes to go in regulation, stopping two Anaheim Duck Nick Ritchie grabs Vancouver Canuck Michael Chaput by the lip during an NHL game in Vancouver on Friday. chances by Ondrej Kase before staring down Shea Theodore in the slot.
Vancouver’s power play got its seventh opportunity — the unit scored in the second period — with just over two minutes left, but failed to register a shot.
The Ducks were coming off a 3-1 win at Calgary Thursday and stretched a 1-0 first-period lead to two just 52 seconds into the second. Hampus Lindholm’s point shot glanced off Canucks forward Brandon Sutter and leaked behind Miller in the Vancouver crease. Rakell jabbed at Miller’s pad while Vancouver defenceman Troy Stecher attempted to seal the puck under his goalie, but it dribbled over the line.
The Canucks, who downed Los Angeles 2-1 at home on Wednesday, finally got on the board at 7:59 on their fourth power play of the night when Ben Hutton’s point shot was tipped past Gibson by Eriksson.