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OÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™Connor scores on OT penalty shot to give Canucks 2-1 win over San Jose

Vancouver again without injured captain Quinn Hughes
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San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek (41) blocks a shot on goal by Vancouver Canucks left wing Drew OÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™Connor, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Drew OÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™Connor scored on a penalty shot 33 seconds into overtime to give the visiting Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

OÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™Connor was awarded the penalty shot after Sharks rookie Macklin Celebrini was called for hooking.

San Jose trailed 1-0 when Tyler Toffoli tied it with his 20th goal with one minute 28 seconds left in regulation time.

Dakota Joshua scored on a power play midway through the third period to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead.

The CanucksÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ Thatcher Demko, who was seeking his second straight shutout, had 33 saves.

San JoseÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves.

The Canucks were without defenceman Quinn Hughes, the teamÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s points leader, who missed his third game with a lower-body injury.

Tyler Myers and Pius Sutter assisted on JoshuaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s tip-in the last second of the power play at 8:04 of the third. It happened after Celebrini was issued a two-minute delay of game penalty.

Takeaways

Canucks: Vancouver beat the Sharks for the 10th time in 11 meetings. The Canucks have won five of their last seven after losing 16 of their previous 23 games (7-10-6).

Sharks: San Jose has lost nine of its last 10 games and is 5-22-1 since Dec. 3.

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Key moment

Toffoli tied it with a wrist shot off an assist from William Eklund.

Up next

Vancouver hosts Toronto and San Jose concludes a three-game homestand against Dallas on Saturday.

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Gideon Rubin, The Associated Press





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