O’Connor scores penalty shot goal in overtime to give Canucks win over Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Drew O’Connor scored on a penalty shot 33 seconds into overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

O’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 Canucks’ Thatcher Demko, who was seeking his second straight shutout, had 33 saves.

San Jose’s Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves.

The Canucks were without defenceman Quinn Hughes, the team’s points leader, who missed his third game with a lower-body injury.

Tyler Myers and Pius Sutter assisted on Joshua’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.

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.