NHL - Vancouver Canucks @ San Jose Sharks 4-2 - Thursday, March 31, 2016

Jannik Hansen scored the go-ahead goal with 5:03 remaining, and the Vancouver Canucks ended their nine-game losing streak and damaged the San Jose Sharks' slim hopes of winning the Pacific Division with a 4-2 victory at SAP Center on Thursday. Hansen scored his 20th goal on a breakaway after a San Jose turnover, beating goalie Martin Jones with a slap shot from the right circle.
Markus Granlund scored an empty-net goal with 20.8 seconds left for Vancouver.
The Sharks, who clinched a Stanley Cup Playoff berth Tuesday, trail the first-place Los Angeles Kings by five points and the Anaheim Ducks by four in the Pacific. The Kings defeated the Calgary Flames 3-0 at Staples Center. San Jose has four games remaining, Los Angeles has five, and Anaheim has six.
Canucks goalie Ryan Miller made 32 saves; Jones made 22. The Canucks built a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Daniel Sedin and Bo Horvat, but San Jose made it 2-1 with Patrick Marleau's second-period power-play goal.
San Jose tied it 2-2 at 10:58 of the third when Logan Couture took a pass at the bottom of the left circle from Brent Burns and beat Miller to the short side. Couture, who had his first NHL hat trick Tuesday in a 4-1 victory against Vancouver at Rogers Arena, has 14 goals despite missing a total of 30 games because of injuries.
The Canucks won for the first time since March 12, when they defeated the Nashville Predators 4-2 at home. Vancouver had not won a road game since defeating San Jose 4-2 on March 5. It was the Sharks’ first loss in three games.
Sedin scored off a rebound to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead at 1:09 of the first period. It was his 28th goal.
San Jose rookie forward Joonas Donskoi turned over the puck in the neutral zone, and the Canucks made the Sharks pay. Henrik Sedin sent the puck ahead to Hansen, who shot from the right faceoff circle. Jones made the save, but the puck ricocheted to Daniel Sedin, who scored on a slap shot from the left circle.
The Canucks made it 2-0 at 13:55 of the first period on an unassisted goal by Horvat, who stole the puck from Donskoi in the Sharks zone, skated hard left to right in front the crease and beat Jones with a backhand for his 13th goal.
Canucks forward Sven Baertschi sustained an upper-body injury in the first and did not return. Marleau cut Vancouver's lead to 2-1 at 14:30 of the second period, scoring a power-play goal with Hansen in the penalty box for slashing Couture. Marleau took a pass in the slot from Joe Thornton and beat Miller with a snap shot for his 22nd goal.
Canucks defenseman Christopher Tanev returned to the lineup after missing six games with an upper-body injury. Rookie defenseman Nikita Tryamkin also played after missing one game with an ankle injury. Vancouver rookie forward Jake Virtanen served the first of a two-game suspension for a late hit Tuesday on Roman Polak. Linden Vey replaced Virtanen in the lineup.