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11/16 19:29 CST Canucks score 5 3rd-period goals to beat Lightning 6-2 and end
3-game skid
Canucks score 5 3rd-period goals to beat Lightning 6-2 and end 3-game skid
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) --- Kiefer Sherwood, Linus Karlsson and Drew O'Connor scored
in a 1:40 span in Vancouver's five-goal third period and the Canucks overcame
an early deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Sunday night.
Sherwood tied it at 2 on a power play at 4:11, with his shot deflecting in off
Lightning defender J.J. Moser's skate. Sherwood has 12 goals this season.
Karlsson put the Canucks ahead at 4:54 with a backhander, and O'Connor added
his fifth of the season at 5:51 on a tip. Mackenzie MacEachern scored his first
of the season with 6:08 remaining, and Marcus Pettersson added his first of the
season into an empty net with 3:03 to go.
Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves, and Quinn Hughes had four assists after missing a
game because of an upper-body injury. The Canucks ended a three-game losing
streak. They opened a three-game trip Friday night with an overtime loss at
Carolina
Jake DeBrusk started the comeback on a power play at 9:26 of the second,
beating Jonas Johansson from close range off a rebound for his seventh goal.
Nikita Kucherov and Jake Guentzel spotted Tampa Bay --- coming off a 3-1
victory at Florida on Saturday night --- to a 2-0 lead, each scoring their
eighth of the season.
Kucherov scored on a one-timer from the right circle with 35 seconds left in
the first period, and Guentzel made it 2-0 on a tip at 4:35 of the second.
Up next Canucks: At Florida on Monday night. Lightning: Host New Jersey on Tuesday night. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl |
