Andrei Kuzmenko scored at 1:12 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the host San Jose Sharks on Sunday night.
Kyle Burroughs and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for the Canucks, and Thatcher Demko made 32 saves.
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Luke Kunin scored twice, and Logan Couture also connected for San Jose. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 16 shots for the Sharks.
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Kunin forced overtime, tying it off a pass from Erik Karlsson with 5:15 to go.
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Couture gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead on a power play at 7:05 of the third period, scoring his 12th of the season. Mikheyev tied it 1:09 later, and Pettersson put the Canucks up 3-2 on a tip-in with 9:16 left.
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UP NEXT:
Canucks: Host Washington on Tuesday night.
Sharks: At Montreal on Tuesday night.
Max Miller, The Associated Press
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