Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) – Daniel Sedin scored the game-winner off a broken play with 2:03 remaining, and the Vancouver Canucks advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-2 win in Game 6 to eliminate the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center.
Canucks Score Three In Final Period, Eliminate Kings With 4-2 Win
With the game appearing destined for overtime, Mikael Samuelsson broke his stick on a shot from the inner left circle. It hit a sliding Kings defender, who had gone down to block the shot, and went right to Sedin sitting off the left post, where he lifted it past Quick’s blocker.
The score capped a comeback in the third period from down, 2-1, and in the series from the same margin, as the third-seeded Canucks rallied to win three straight games and become the second team from the West to advance alongside top-seeded San Jose.
Kevin Bieksa got the equalizer less than two minutes into the final period, and Steve Bernier tied the contest at one early on in the second period.
Roberto Luongo made some spectacular saves on his way to making 30 overall for Vancouver, which abused Jon Quick for 13 goals in the last three games to close out the best-of-seven set.
Alexander Frolov and Drew Doughty got the goals for the sixth-seeded Kings, who got 18 saves from Quick on Sunday.
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