San Jose, CA

Patrick Marleau scored a power-play goal 13:18 into overtime to push the San Jose Sharks past the Vancouver Canucks 4-3.

Joe Thornton's shot hit off Cory Schneider and the puck was bouncing in the crease when Marleau just got his stick on it for the series clinching goal.

With the win, the Sharks completed their first playoff sweep in franchise history.

The Sharks struck quickly when Brent Burns tipped in a point shot from Scott Hannan at 2:41 into the game.

The Canucks tied it when Mason Raymond's shot from inside the blue line hit off Sharks defender Brad Stuart and beat Sharks goaltender Antti Niemi at 7:54 of the first.

Stuart took a boarding penalty from Derek Roy in the neutral zone, and center Joe Pavelski got the rebound of Marleau's point shot, spun around and beat Schneider at 14:52 of the first period to give the Sharks a 2-1 lead.

After a scorelsss second period, Vancouver took the lead with two goals in a span of 1:50 midway through the third period.

The first came when Henrik Sedin set up the tying goal with a nifty blind pass to twin brother Daniel, who fed Alex Burrows in front of the net for the easy tap-in.

Then Burrows won a battle for the puck in the corner and fed Alexander Edler in the high slot for a slap shot. It beat Niemi and gave the Canucks the lead.

Pavelski scored his second power-play goal of the game, pouncing on a rebound of Logan Couture's shot and knocked a backhand into the open net to tie it with 4:27 left in regulation.

 

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Sharks Sweep Canucks with Marleau's Overtime Goal