SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Drew O’Connor scored on a penalty shot 33 seconds into overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.
O’Connor was awarded the penalty shot after Sharks rookie Macklin Celebrini was called for hooking.
San Jose trailed 1-0 when Tyler Toffoli tied it with his 20th goal with one minute 28 seconds left in regulation time.
Dakota Joshua scored on a power play midway through the third period to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead.
The Canucks' Thatcher Demko, who was seeking his second straight shutout, had 33 saves.
San Jose's Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves.
The Canucks were without defenceman Quinn Hughes, the teamB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ· points leader, who missed his third game with a lower-body injury.
Tyler Myers and Pius Sutter assisted on JoshuaB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ· tip-in the last second of the power play at 8:04 of the third. It happened after Celebrini was issued a two-minute delay of game penalty.Â
Takeaways
Canucks: Vancouver beat the Sharks for the 10th time in 11 meetings. The Canucks have won five of their last seven after losing 16 of their previous 23 games (7-10-6).
Sharks: San Jose has lost nine of its last 10 games and is 5-22-1 since Dec. 3.
Key moment
Toffoli tied it with a wrist shot off an assist from William Eklund.
Up next
Vancouver hosts Toronto and San Jose concludes a three-game homestand against Dallas on Saturday.
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