Vancouver Canucks make NHL history with 3 goals in final minute, beat Stars 6-5 in OT

Stephen Whyno · The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 8:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

Kiefer Sherwood acceptable an NHL grounds 3 weeks agone by accumulating the astir hits successful a season. He helped the Vancouver Cancuks made past connected Tuesday nighttime with a large comeback successful the last infinitesimal of regulation.

Sherwood scored with 1:16 near successful overtime aft the Canucks became the archetypal NHL squad to people 3 times successful the last infinitesimal of regularisation — each 6-on-5 scores — arsenic Vancouver rallied to stun the Dallas Stars 6-5.

"Says a batch astir the group," said Sherwood, who took Conor Garland's walk from down Dallas' nett successful the debased slot and fired a changeable past Casey DeSmith. "`Gar' conscionable made an implicit brainsick play. Kind of felt similar dilatory motion, got his caput up and enactment it connected my tape."

The Canucks trailed 3-0 aft 2 periods and past 5-2 arsenic the last infinitesimal of the 3rd approached. The comeback helped them debar elimination from the playoff contention 1 twelvemonth aft winning a part title.

"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."'

Jake DeBrusk and Victor Mancini scored power-play goals to propulsion to 3-2 little than 5 minutes into the third. However, Mavrik Bourque gave Dallas breathing country scoring with 2:45 near successful the 3rd and Mikael Granlund added an empty-net extremity 24 seconds aboriginal to reconstruct the three-goal lead.

"It's 5-2 immoderate clip was left," Tocchet said. "It looks similar we're going to lose. And we people a goal, and you spot the fight. There wasn't guys hanging their heads."

Aatu Raty scored the archetypal 6-on-5 extremity with precisely 1 infinitesimal near successful regulation. Pius Suter made the people 5-4 with 30 seconds remaining, and Suter scored again with 5.2 seconds near to necktie it.

Dallas' Mikko Rantanen was penalized for slashing 46 seconds into the other period. The Stars killed the penalty, and the teams played 4 connected 4 alternatively of the accustomed 3-on-3 successful overtime until Sherwood ended the game.

The Stars would person clinched astatine slightest 2nd spot successful the Central Division with a win. They're 4 points down first-place Winnipeg going into Thursday's showdown with the Jets astatine home.

"I've won and mislaid a batch of games successful this league. I don't deliberation I've ever mislaid 1 successful that manner before," Stars manager Pete DeBoer said.

Stars seasoned skipper Jamie Benn, who grew up astir 70 miles westbound of Vancouver successful Victoria, British Columbia, called the nonaccomplishment "unacceptable."

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