Danila Klimovich scored a highlight-reel objective 3:21 into double additional time to offer Abbotsford a 5-4 win over Texas and a 3-1 collection lead within the Western Convention Finals on Wednesday evening.
The Canucks can safe a visit to the Calder Cup Finals with one other win in Sport 5 on Friday.
Klimovich, drawing into the lineup for the primary time within the collection, toe-dragged round a Texas defender and backhanded a shot below the crossbar to finish the longest recreation in Canucks franchise historical past.
The Stars pressured additional time when Justin Hryckowian deflected house a shot with simply 18.7 seconds left within the third interval.
There have been 4 lead modifications in regulation. Tristen Nielsen scored twice for Abbotsford to offer them leads of 2-1 and 4-3, and Linus Karlsson and Victor Mancini recorded a objective and an help apiece for the Canucks.
Matěj Blümel and Cameron Hughes every picked up a objective and an help for Texas.
Artūrs Šilovs (11-4) made 27 saves for the Canucks, enhancing to 3-0 in additional time video games this postseason.
Magnus Hellberg (2-2) got here on in reduction of Remi Poirier initially of the third interval and stopped 22 of 23 pictures in additional than 41 minutes of labor. Poirier had allowed 4 objectives on 11 pictures.
Abbotsford outshot Texas 17-5 throughout additional time to complete with a 34-31 benefit for the sport.
(Abbotsford leads collection, 3-1)Sport 1 – Thu., Could 29 – ABBOTSFORD 3, Texas 2 (OT)Sport 2 – Sat., Could 31 – ABBOTSFORD 1, Texas 0Game 3 – Mon., June 2 – TEXAS 5, Abbotsford 2Game 4 – Wed., June 4 – Abbotsford 5, TEXAS 4 (2OT)Sport 5 – Fri., June 6 – Abbotsford at Texas, 8:00*Sport 6 – Solar., June 8 – Texas at Abbotsford, 9:00*Sport 7 – Mon., June 9 – Texas at Abbotsford, 10:00*if essential… All instances Jap
