Daniel Sedin’s tie-breaking goal off an assist by twin brother Henrik powered the surging Vancouver Canucks to a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday.
Daniel Sedin broke a 1-1 deadlock with a powerplay tally two minutes, 28 seconds into the third period when his shot ricocheted off Stars defenseman Trevor Daley’s skate.
Alexandre Burrows added an empty netter with 17 seconds to play as Vancouver won for the ninth time in 12 games.
Canucks netminder Roberto Luongo had 31 saves, including a clutch stop with his right pad off Dallas’ Mike Modano’s one-timer with six minutes, six seconds left in the game and Vancouver shot ahead 2-1.
“I actually didn’t see him and it was kind of a desperation play by me there,” Luongo told reporters. “I didn’t even see the shot go off or the puck, I just put my leg out there and was able to get my skate on it, actually.”
“It was just a reaction and fortunately, I got a piece of it,” he said.
The victory gave Vancouver a 3-0-1 record on its four-game road trip.
“We got seven out of eight points,” Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said after Vancouver played its fifth game in eight days. “The third period was a little challenging ... That’s why you pay the goalie the big money to make big saves. And he did.”
Dallas fired 14 shots at Luongo in the third and the Canadian Olympic selection stopped 13 of them.
Henrik Sedin also assisted on Burrows’ goal, giving him 36 for the season. Ryan Kesler scored the Canucks’ other goal early in the second period and had an assist on Burrows’ goal.
Loui Eriksson had leveled for Dallas 37 seconds into the third.
The Stars thought they had an earlier goal on a shot by Brenden Morrow in the second, but after a video review, officials waved it off, saying Murrow had used a “distinct kicking motion” to get the puck in the net.
“I didn’t really see it, but the way that the rule stands, I propelled it into the net,” Morrow said. “It did go off my skate.”
Marty Turco stopped 24 shots for the Stars, who had won their previous two games.
■KINGS VS CARDINALS
AP, LOS ANGELES
Michal Handzus’ short-handed goal early in the third period put Los Angeles ahead and Ryan Smyth connected on a power play to lead the Kings over the Washington Capitals 2-1 in the NHL on Saturday.
Jonathan Quick stopped 26 shots a day after he was selected to the US Olympic team along with Los Angeles teammates Dustin Brown and Jack Johnson.
Quick kept the Kings in the game during a one-sided second period in which the Capitals outshot Los Angeles 13-2. Defenseman Mike Green had a power-play goal for Washington.
LIGHTNING 3, PENGUINS 1
At Tampa, Florida, Zenon Konopka celebrated his 29th birthday with a rare goal, and Martin St Louis and Steve Downie also scored to help Tampa Bay hand Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh its fourth straight loss.
Konopka gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead in the second with his second goal of the season and sixth in 79 NHL games. Mike Smith made 25 saves, allowing only Bill Guerin’s first-period goal.
HURRICANES 2, RANGERS 1, OT
At New York, Ray Whitney scored at three minutes, 45 seconds of overtime to give Carolina its third victory in 20 road games this season.
Cam Ward made 27 saves, and Tom Kostopoulos had a goal for Carolina, which was last in the NHL.
Marian Gaborik scored his NHL-leading 27th goal for New York.
FLAMES 3, MAPLE LEAFS 1
At Calgary, Alberta, Curtis Glencross scored the go-ahead goal on a power play midway through the second period and added an empty-netter for Calgary’s fourth straight win.
Jarome Iginla had a goal and two assists, and Miikka Kiprusoff made 24 saves to help the Flames. Jason Blake scored for Toronto, which has lost five of its last six games.
ISLANDERS 6, THRASHERS 5, SO
At Uniondale, New York, Jeff Tambellini and Frans Nielsen scored shootout goals to give New York its third win in five games.
Atlanta, which erased two three-goal deficits, lost for the eighth straight time.
Matt Moulson, Jon Sim, Richard Park, Trent Hunter and Josh Bailey scored for New York. Maxim Afinogenov scored twice, and Ilya Kovalchuk, Nik Antropov and Rich Peverley added goals for the Thrashers.
AVALANCHE 3, BLUE JACKETS 2
Columbus, Ohio, T.J. Galiardi crashed the net and scored on a rebound with just under a minute left to lift Colorado past Columbus.
Kyle Cumiskey and Chris Stewart also scored for the Avalanche, who have won five of their last six road games. Kristian Huselius and Derick Brassard scored for Columbus.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
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