Pius Suter scores twice as Canucks beat Sharks 3-2

Pius Suter scored his 2nd extremity of nan crippled pinch 25.7 seconds left, and nan Vancouver Canucks hit nan San Jose Sharks 3-2

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Pius Suter scored his 2nd extremity of nan crippled pinch 25.7 seconds left, and nan Vancouver Canucks hit nan San Jose Sharks 3-2 connected Saturday night.

Jake DeBrusk besides scored for Vancouver, giving nan Canucks a 2-1 lead pinch 4:22 to play. It was DeBrusk’s first extremity pinch Vancouver aft signing a seven-year woody successful nan offseason. Kevin Lankinen stopped 21 shots.

Mikael Granlund had nan tying extremity for nan Sharks pinch 1:17 to go, and Nico Sturm besides scored for nan Sharks. Mackenzie Blackwood had 25 saves.

The Canucks entered nan crippled connected a two-game skid aft winning 4 straight. They snapped nan Sharks’ three-game triumph streak aft San Jose had mislaid 9 consecutive to statesman nan season.

Canucks: After a 6-0 location nonaccomplishment to nan Devils connected Wednesday, Vancouver responded pinch a triumph complete a abruptly surging Sharks team.

Sharks: Timothy Liljegren, who San Jose acquired from Toronto earlier this week, played astir 17 minutes successful his debut. Liljegren, a first-round action successful 2017, figures to person much playing clip pinch nan rebuilding Sharks than he did pinch nan Maple Leafs.

Granlund's extremity pinch nan nett quiet temporarily tied nan crippled precocious astatine 2-2. But nan Canucks instantly pressed into nan Sharks' zone, and Suter slapped a changeable past Blackwood disconnected a provender by Conor Garland for nan winner.

Vancouver went 0 for 2 connected nan powerfulness play, extending its streak without a power-play extremity to 4 games.

Canucks sojourn Anaheim connected Tuesday. and nan Sharks big Columbus.

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