ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Marco Rossi scored at 3:10 of overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday at Honda Center. Vancouver built a two-goal lead in the first period on tallies from Curtis Douglas and Jake DeBrusk. Anaheim’s Cutter Gauthier scored late in the first to cut the deficit to 2-1. After Brock Boeser restored Vancouver’s two-goal lead in the third, the Ducks rallied with two late goals. Gauthier netted his second of the game, and Leo Carlsson tied it with 1:04 remaining in regulation to force overtime. Rossi ended it with a wrist shot for the Canucks, who improved to 24-56. The Ducks fell to 42-38. Anaheim had been a 1.5-goal favorite pregame.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — In a season defined by disappointment, the Vancouver Canucks found a rare moment of triumph on the road Sunday night. Marco Rossi scored at 16:50 of overtime to lift the Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center, snapping a late-season surge by the home team. The win, just Vancouver’s 24th in 80 games, came in dramatic fashion after the Canucks squandered a two-goal third-period lead. Rossi took a pass from Jake DeBrusk and fired a wrist shot past Anaheim goaltender Lukas Dostal to end the contest, sending the small contingent of traveling fans into a frenzy and silencing a crowd of 16,207. Vancouver built its lead with a strong first period. Curtis Douglas opened the scoring at 10:49, converting a setup from Aatu Räty. Just over four minutes later, with the Canucks on a power play, Jake DeBrusk deflected a Filip Hronek point shot to make it 2-0. Anaheim answered quickly, however, as rookie sensation Cutter Gauthier snapped a wrist shot past Vancouver netminder Nikita Tolopilo at 3:41, assisted by Chris Kreider and Alex Killorn. The middle frame was a goaltending duel, with Dostal and Tolopilo combining to stop all 27 shots they faced in a scoreless second period. The action erupted in the third. Brock Boeser restored Vancouver’s two-goal cushion at 12:28 with an unassisted wrist shot, his 22nd of the season, seemingly putting the game out of reach. The Ducks, fighting to keep faint playoff hopes alive, mounted a fierce comeback. Gauthier struck again on the power play at 15:05, unleashing a blistering slap shot for his 40th goal of the season, with assists from Jackson LaCombe and Mason McTavish. Then, with just 1:04 remaining in regulation and Dostal pulled for an extra attacker, Leo Carlsson completed the rally. He collected a loose puck after a Chris Kreider shot was stopped and tucked a backhand past Tolopilo to tie the game 3-3 and force overtime. The extra period saw chances at both ends before Rossi ended it. Dostal made several stellar saves in overtime, including two on Brock Boeser, but could not stop Rossi’s decisive shot. DeBrusk and Boeser earned assists on the winner. Gauthier, the 22-year-old left wing from Scottsdale, Arizona, was the standout for Anaheim, scoring twice to reach the 40-goal plateau. His linemate, center Leo Carlsson of Karlstad, Sweden, scored the crucial tying goal and was a force in the faceoff circle all night. For Vancouver, DeBrusk was instrumental with a goal and an assist, while center Marco Rossi of Feldkirch, Austria, scored the overtime decider and added an assist. The game was physically intense, featuring four fighting majors and several big hits. Vancouver’s Teddy Blueger and Anaheim’s Radko Gudas dropped the gloves in the first period, as did the Canucks’ Curtis Douglas and the Ducks’ Jeffrey Viel shortly after. Tolopilo, the towering 6-foot-6 goaltender from Minsk, Belarus, earned the win with 39 saves. Dostal, from Brno, Czech Republic, took the loss despite a valiant 42-save performance. The result improved Vancouver’s dismal record to 24-56-0, while Anaheim fell to 42-38-0, damaging their already slim chances of securing a Western Conference wild-card spot. The Ducks had won four of their previous five games. The game defied pregame projections. National Statistical’s game simulator had predicted a 3-1 Anaheim victory, and its ELO rating system gave the Ducks a 65.8% probability to win. Anaheim was also a 1.5-goal favorite on the betting spread. The total of seven goals went over the closing over/under line of 6.5. The season series between the teams finished tied at two wins apiece. Anaheim had won the previous meeting 5-3 in Vancouver on March 24. Vancouver returns home to host the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Anaheim begins a two-game road trip the same night in Minnesota against the Wild.

Struggling Canucks Face Playoff-Chasing Ducks in Anaheim ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — The Vancouver Canucks, mired at the bottom of the NHL standings, visit the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Sunday looking to play spoiler against a club fighting for its postseason life. The matchup pits the league-worst Canucks (22-56-0) against a Ducks squad (42-37-0) that remains on the fringe of the Western Conference playoff race. Anaheim enters having won two of its last three, including a decisive 6-1 victory over San Jose on Thursday. Vancouver has lost eight of its last nine, most recently a 4-1 defeat in Los Angeles on the same night. A key player to watch for the Canucks is right wing Brock Boeser, who has been a rare bright spot during the team’s prolonged slump. Boeser has recorded seven points (four goals, three assists) in his last 10 games, including a three-goal, one-assist performance in an 8-6 win over Colorado on April 1. He also scored in the last meeting with Anaheim, a 5-3 Ducks victory in Vancouver on March 24. For the Ducks, center Tim Washe provides a physical presence. In the March 24 win over Vancouver, Washe registered one shot and one hit. He has one assist and 10 hits in his last 10 contests. The season series is tied 1-1-0. After the Ducks’ win last month, the Canucks took the earlier meeting 2-0 in Vancouver on Jan. 29. In their last visit to Anaheim on Nov. 26, 2025, Vancouver won 5-4. Statistical models heavily favor the home team. National Statistical’s game simulator projects a 3-1 Anaheim victory, and its ELO rating system gives the Ducks a 65.8% probability of winning. Following this game, the Canucks host Los Angeles on Tuesday. The Ducks embark on a road trip, starting in Minnesota on Tuesday.