Canucks rally from 5-1 down to beat Ducks 6-5 in OT

The Canucks erased a 5-1 deficit and beat the Ducks 6-5 in overtime at Honda Center. Filip Hronek ended it with a slap shot at 4:49 of OT, set up by Brock Boeser and Jonathan Lekkerimaki.

The Ducks had control early. Liam Ohgren's wrist shot made it 1-1 at 6:36 of the second, but Jeff Malott answered 30 seconds later to put the Ducks up 2-1. Beckett Sennecke made it 3-1 at 15:44, and Leo Carlsson pushed it to 4-1 at 18:24. A.J. Greer's tip-in at 12:23 of the third made it 5-2.

Vancouver struck back. Boeser deflected one in at 11:40 for 2-4, and Greer's goal made it 5-2 before Jamie Oleksiak scored at 12:54 to cut it to 5-3. Lekkerimaki then scored twice, at 17:14 and 18:03, to tie it 5-5. Boeser, the player of the game, finished with a goal, two assists and six shots on goal.

Chirp's Sim had the Ducks at 70% before the game.