Canucks shock Stars with 3 goals in final minute, OT win

The Vancouver Canucks woke up precocious during their crippled against the Dallas Stars connected Wednesday night, and their Western Conference hostile paid the price.

The Stars had already clinched a playoff spot and had hopes of catching the Winnipeg Jets for archetypal successful the Central Division. The Canucks, whose playoff hopes were already connected the ropes, were acceptable to deed a large roadblock with different defeat.

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Vancouver Canucks near helping Kiefer Sherwood, #44, celebrates aft scoring against the Dallas Stars successful overtime of an NHL hockey crippled successful Dallas connected Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Vancouver trailed 5-2 with 1 infinitesimal near successful the 3rd period. Somehow, their fortunes changed alternatively quickly.

Aatu Raty got 1 past Casey DeSmith to marque it a two-goal game. Moments later, Pius Suter added much unit connected Dallas with a extremity of his own. Suter followed up with different people with 7 seconds remaining successful regulation.

Just similar that, the crippled was tied.

Vancouver’s momentum continued to physique successful the overtime period, and astir 4 minutes into the other frame, Kiefer Sherwood scored his 18th extremity of the play to springiness the Canucks the victory. Sherwood took a walk from Connor Garland from down the nett to present the game-winning goal.

The Canucks won 6-5.

"Says a batch astir the group," Sherwood said. "‘Gar’ conscionable made an implicit brainsick play. Kind of felt similar dilatory motion, got his caput up and enactment it connected my tape."

Vancouver Canucks' Pius Suter, #24, celebrates with Quinn Hughes, #43, Brock Boeser, #6, Jake DeBrusk, #74, and Filip Hronek, #17, aft Suter scored against the Dallas Stars successful the 3rd play of an NHL hockey crippled successful Dallas connected Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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Vancouver became the archetypal NHL squad to people 3 times successful the last infinitesimal of regulation. Each people came without their goalie connected the ice.

"That’s got to beryllium 1 up there," Vancouver manager Rick Tocchet said. "I loved the fight, obviously, successful the 3rd period. To bash that is simply a quality triumph for a batch of guys, for the team.

"My lad texted maine – ‘You looked similar past year’s squad successful the third.’"

The Canucks won the Pacific Division past twelvemonth but person astir fallen retired of playoff contention altogether. The squad is 36-29-13 with 85 points.

The Stars are 4 points down the Jets for the apical spot successful the Central Division.

Stars skipper Jamie Benn called the nonaccomplishment "unacceptable."

Vancouver Canucks' Filip Hronek, #17, and Kiefer Sherwood, #44, observe aft Sherwood scored against Dallas Stars' Casey DeSmith, #1, successful overtime of an NHL hockey crippled successful Dallas connected Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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"That crippled should person been wrapped up," Benn said. "We should person recovered a mode to get it done there."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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