Vancouver connected early on in the important meeting against San Jose.

After two goals in the first period, they then had the lead for most of the match.

Conor Garland made it 4-3 with five minutes left, then a feverish battle awaited to hold off to victory.

And it succeeded - almost.

With 0.6 (!) Seconds left in the match, the home team's Alexander Barabanov equalized and forced the match to extra time.

Heavy for Vancouver who still got the last word when JT Miller decided.

Elias Pettersson was noted for double assists in the match and Oliver Ekman-Larsson one.