Daniel Sedin scored the deciding goal with 2:03 remaining and the Vancouver Canucks beat Los Angeles 4-2 Sunday to win their first-round NHL playoff series four games to two.
Drew Doughty put the Kings ahead 2-1 with 4:03 remaining in the second period but the Canucks answered with Kevin Bieksa’s equalizer 1:57 into the third and Sedin’s game-winner from his brother Henrik 16 minutes later.
Alexandre Burrows added an empty-net goal with 67 seconds remaining to produce the final margin and seal the best-of-seven Western Conference series.
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Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo made 30 saves for Vancouver.
COYOTES 5, RED WINGS 2
The Phoenix Coyotes earned a road victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday, using a solid team performance to force a deciding Game 7 in their Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Five different players scored for the Coyotes and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves to send the best-of-seven series back to Arizona, where the home team can advance to the second round for a first time since moving to Phoenix.
Facing elimination with a defeat, Lauri Korpikoski opened the scoring for the visitors at 4:10 in the first period and Mathieu Schneider gave the Coyotes a 2-0 early lead in the second.
Brad Stuart pulled one back for the Red Wings almost immediately before Radim Vrbata and Wojtek Wolski secured a winning margin for Phoenix with a goal apiece in the second half of the period.
Taylor Pyatt’s tip-in at 5:25 in the third extended the advantage to 5-1 before Darren Helm added a final goal for Detroit with 3:31 remaining.
The Red Wings could now lose in the opening round for the first time since the 2005-2006 season.
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