Vancouver Canucks make NHL history with 3 goals in final minute, beat Stars 6-5 in OT

Kiefer Sherwood set an NHL record three weeks ago by accumulating the most hits in a season. He helped the Vancouver Cancuks made history on Tuesday night with a big comeback in the final minute of regulation.

Sherwood scored with 1:16 left in overtime after the Canucks became the first NHL team to score three times in the final minute of regulation — all 6-on-5 scores — as Vancouver rallied to stun the Dallas Stars 6-5.

"Says a lot about the group," said Sherwood, who took Conor Garland's pass from behind Dallas' net in the low slot and fired a shot past Casey DeSmith. "`Gar' just made an absolute crazy play. Kind of felt like slow motion, got his head up and put it on my tape."

The Canucks trailed 3-0 after two periods and then 5-2 as the final minute of the third approached. The comeback helped them avoid elimination from the playoff race one year after winning a division title.

"That's got to be one up there," Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said. "I loved the fight, obviously, in the third period. To do that is a character win for a lot of guys, for the team.

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"My son texted me — 'You looked like last year's team in the third."'

Jake DeBrusk and Victor Mancini scored power-play goals to pull to 3-2 less than five minutes into the third. However, Mavrik Bourque gave Dallas breathing room scoring with 2:45 left in the third and Mikael Granlund added an