Sharks Erase Two-Goal Deficit in 111 Seconds, Stun Canucks 3-2

San Jose scored three times in the third period — including two goals 39 seconds apart — to complete a stunning comeback from 2-0 down. Will Smith and Mason Marchment each posted two points in the final frame to hand Vancouver a gut-punch loss.

Vancouver looked in control for most of this one. Drew O'Connor opened the scoring at 13:21 of the first period, finishing off a wrist shot set up by Elias Pettersson — his 12th assist of the season — to put the Canucks up 1-0. That lead held through two periods, and Liam Ohgren doubled it at 18:56 of the second, converting a Filip Hronek feed with another wrist shot to make it 2-0. San Jose had 40 minutes of hockey and nothing to show for it. The night appeared to be Vancouver's to lose.

Then the third period happened. Will Smith got San Jose on the board at 8:00, wrist shot, assisted by Dmitry Orlov and Mason Marchment, cutting the deficit to 2-1. That alone felt like a momentum shift — but what followed was something else entirely. At 10:39, Smith struck again on a wrist shot, this time set up by Macklin Celebrini and Michael Kesselring, to tie it at 2-2. Eleven seconds later — 10:50 on the clock — Marchment buried his own wrist shot off feeds from Kiefer Sherwood and Nolan Allan to make it 3-2 San Jose. Three goals in two minutes and fifty seconds. The Canucks never recovered. Smith finished with two goals and two points; Marchment added a goal and an assist for two points of his own.

In net, Yaroslav Askarov made 23 saves on 25 shots for San Jose, allowing two goals and holding firm when it mattered most in the third. Leevi Merilainen stopped 21 of 24 shots for Vancouver but was beaten three times in a span that will sting. The story of the night was clearly San Jose's third-period identity — this team looks capable of manufacturing chaos when the game is on the line. For Vancouver, the concern is real: per a recent report, the Canucks are now one game away from matching last season's 11-game winless streak, and a loss like this — surrendering a two-goal lead in under three minutes — appears to be exactly the kind of collapse that defines a struggling team's season. The Sharks, meanwhile, keep finding ways to win games that look lost.