Sharks rally past Canucks for 3-2 win Will Smith scored twice as the San Jose Sharks staged a third-period comeback to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Thursday. The Canucks, who led 2-0, were unable to hold on against a late Sharks surge that included a 11-second span where the score flipped from 2-2 to 3-2. Published 9:34 pm Thursday, October 29, 2026 Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson fires a shot during NHL action Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 against the San Jose Sharks at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. Smith Leads Sharks To Victory(x.com/Vancouver Canucks photo) Will Smith scored a pair of goals, leading the San Jose Sharks to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in NHL action Thursday at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. Mason Marchment also scored for the Sharks (7-6-1), who trailed 2-0 midway through the third period. Yaroslav Askarov made 23 saves to earn the win in goal.Drew O'Connor and Liam Öhgren scored for the Canucks (3-11-1), who ended a 10-game losing skid Tuesday in Anaheim. Leevi Merilainen stopped 21 of 24 shots and took the loss for Vancouver. O'Connor scored the lone goal of the first period, driving to the net and knocking home a rebound off a shot from centre Elias Pettersson at 13:21. O'Connor now has two goals on the season and Pettersson is on a six-game point-scoring streak.Öhgren upped the lead to 2-0 with just 1:04 left in the second period, ripping a shot past Askarov from about 20 feet out near the right faceoff circle for his fourth of the year. San Jose outshot Vancouver 7-6 in the middle frame. Smith pulled San Jose within one eight minutes into the second on the power play, moving in from the point and beating Merilainen from the top of the right circle with his fifth of the season.Marchment Seals Comeback WinWith 9:21 left in the period, Smith struck again, taking a nifty pass from Macklin Celebrini and beating Merilainen for his second of the game. Just 11 seconds after that, the Sharks controlled the faceoff and Marchment moved down the left side and fired a shot through Merilainen to give San Jose a 3-2 lead.On a late power play in the third, the Canucks pulled Merilainen to create a 6-on-4 situation but were unable to convert and the Sharks hung on for the win. NOTES: It was only the second time this season the Canucks carried a lead into the third period… Guillaume Brisebois, Brendan Gallagher and Luke Schenn were scratches for the Canucks, with Thatcher Demko (hip) still injured… Vancouver is now 73-60-9-7 all-time against San Jose… The Sharks were 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Canucks were scoreless in three attempts with the man advantage.