Canucks score 5 3rd-period goals to beat Lightning 6-2 and end 3-game skid

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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.

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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.

Vancouver Canucks right wing Conor Garland (8) knocks down Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh (43) as they fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Vancouver Canucks right wing Conor Garland (8) knocks down Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh (43) as they fight during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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.

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