Suter scores 2nd goal with 26 seconds left, lifts Canucks past Sharks
DeBrusk gets 1st for Vancouver; San Jose’s 3-game winning streak ends
Canucks at Sharks | Recap
SAN JOSE — Pius Suter scored his second goal of the game with 26 seconds left in the third period to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday.
Suter beat Mackenzie Blackwood over his glove with a one-time shot from the slot.
Jake DeBrusk scored his first goal of the season, and Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves for the Canucks (5-2-3).
Mikael Granlund scored the tying goal with 1:17 left in the third for the Sharks (3-8-2), whose three-game winning streak ended. Nico Sturm also scored, and Blackwood made 25 saves.
Sturm scored to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead 2:37 into the second period off a rebound from a Luke Kunin shot.
Suter took a Nils Hoglander drop pass and beat Blackwood over the blocker from the slot to tie the game 1-1 at 14:41.
DeBrusk scored his first goal as a member of the Canucks at 15:38 of the third period to give Vancouver a 2-1 lead. The forward took a pass from Quinn Hughes on the wing and beat Blackwood over his glove.
DeBrusk signed a seven-year, $38.5 million contract ($5.5 million average annual value) with the Canucks on July 1.
Granlund tied it 2-2 with 1:17 left with the net empty for an extra skater with a shot from the wing over Lankinen’s glove.