Jonathan Lekkerimaki scored twice in the final three minutes of regulation, and Filip Hronek scored on a two-man advantage in overtime as the visiting Vancouver Canucks snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
Liam Öhgren, Brock Boeser and Jamie Oleksiak also scored for the Canucks, who trailed 5-2 with less than eight minutes remaining in regulation and won for the first time since Oct. 3. Boeser and Elias Pettersson each had two assists.
Leevi Meriläinen made 18 saves for Vancouver, which scored the winner with 10.4 seconds remaining in overtime on a one-timer by Hronek from the slot.
A.J. Greer scored twice, and Jackson LaCombe had three assists as the Ducks lost for the sixth time in their past seven games. Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson and Jeff Malott also scored for Anaheim.
Lukas Dostal made 27 saves for the Ducks, who lost for the eighth time in nine home games against the Canucks since December 2021.
With Vancouver trailing 5-3, Lekkerimäki beat Dostal from inside the left circle at 17:14 of the third period, then tied the game on a shot through traffic from beyond the left circle with just under two minutes remaining in regulation.
The Ducks took a 1-0 lead just over four minutes into the game when Greer scored off Hronek’s stick. Vancouver drew even 6:36 into the second period when Öhgren put a rebound past Dostal after a shot hit Anaheim’s Tristan Luneau.
The Ducks went ahead 2-1 just 30 seconds later when Malott tapped in a centering pass from LaCombe.
Sennecke made it 3-1 at 15:44 of the second period on the power play when the puck caromed off his left leg following a shot by Cutter Gauthier. Carlsson scored at 18:24 to extend the lead to 4-1.
The Canucks pulled within 4-2 on Boeser’s goal at 11:40 of the third, but the Ducks answered 43 seconds later when Greer deflected the puck in from the edge of the crease for a 5-2 advantage.
Oleksiak set the stage for Lekkerimaki’s late heroics with an unassisted goal at 12:54 to cut Vancouver’s deficit to 5-3.
–Field Level Media
