Stars' Matt Duchene beats Canucks late in overtime

Field Level Media|published: Thu 21st December, 23:19 2023

Dec 21, 2023; Dallas, Texas, USA; Vancouver Canucks center Teddy Blueger (53) is tripped up in front of Dallas Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood (41) as he tires to control the puck during the first period at the American Airlines Center. credits: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Matt Duchene scored with 9.2 seconds left in the overtime as the Dallas Stars rallied to beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday and extend their home-ice winning streak to four games.

Duchene raced in alone and slipped the puck between the legs of Vancouver goalie Thatcher Demko, allowing Dallas to improve to 4-0-1 in its past five games overall.

Duchene's goal came just moments after Stars goaltender Scott Wedgewood made a game-saving stop on Elias Pettersson. The Canucks forward broke in on a two-on-none with Dakota Joshua, but the Stars goaltender got his leg pad on the low shot.

Duchene and Thomas Harley each had with a goal and an assist, Tyler Seguin and Roope Hintz also scored and Jason Robertson and Miro Heiskanen each logged two assists for Dallas. Wedgewood finished with 17 saves.

Joshua and Conor Garland each had a goal and an assist, Brock Boeser produced a goal and Teddy Blueger had two assists for Vancouver, which wrapped up a 2-0-2 road trip. Demko made 32 saves.

The Canucks opened the scoring just under three minutes into the game when Joshua finished off a two-on-one break with Garland.

Seguin tied it up at 10:51 of the first, working a give-and-go with Duchene.

Hintz scored on a diving shot at the top of the crease to give Dallas its first lead of the game, 2-1, at 7:51 of the second. Hintz took a quick pass from Robertson from the back of the net then dove and shot in same motion, beating Demko between the legs.

The Canucks tied it less than five minutes later when their leading goal-scorer, Boeser, blasted a wrist shot into the top left corner. It was his 24th of the season.

Garland tapped in a Joshua pass from the left side of the net to give the Canucks a 3-2 lead at 15:04 of the third, but Dallas battled back to tie it 3-3 just 86 seconds later.

Harley walked in from the point and threaded a wrist shot between Demko's glove and the right post to send the game into overtime and set the stage for Duchene's heroics.

—Field Level Media