Quinn Hughes scores early in OT, Canucks top Golden Knights

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There were times in the third period Tuesday night when Vancouver Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau felt like a cartoon rabbit.

His team came into the final frame up by two, but conceded a pair of goals to the Vegas Golden Knights, forcing extra time in a crucial game for both sides.

"I was telling the guys in there, ‘Have you ever seen the old Bugs Bunny cartoons when he sees another bunny that’s really pretty and the red heart keeps coming out of your chest?’ I felt like that in the third period," Boudreau said.

Quinn Hughes scored 51 seconds into overtime and Vancouver kept its slim playoff hopes alive with a 5-4 win over Vegas.

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Vancouver Canucks' Quinn Hughes, right, scores against Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner during overtime in an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 12, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

The result moves Vancouver within three points of Vegas. Both teams are battling for wild-card spots in the Western Conference.

"We know where we are in the standings and where we are," Hughes said. "It would have been nice to get it in regulation, but at the end of the day, we still got two points and at the end of the day, that’s what we wanted to do."

Elias Pettersson had goal and a pair of assists for the Canucks in regulation. Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist. Vasily Podkolzin and Brad Richardson rounded out the scoring for Vancouver, which has won four straight games.

"It’s pretty clear what we’ve got to do. We’ve got to win," Pettersson said.

"We feel pretty good now, we’ve won four in a row. But it doesn’t mean (much) if we