DALLAS -- Jamie Benn scored 2:28 into overtime and the Dallas Stars overcame a two-goal deficit to defeat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 at American Airlines Center on Thursday.
Benn, who also had an assist and leads the NHL with 17 points, scored the game-winner with a wrist shot from the right circle that beat Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller top shelf to his short side.
Patrick Sharp had two goals and Jason Demers also scored for Dallas (8-2-0), which trailed 3-1 early in the third period.
Alexandre Burrows, Alexander Edler and Radim Vrbata scored for the Canucks (4-2-4), who lost for the first time in four road games this season.
Dallas trailed 3-1 after Vrbata knocked a rebound past goaltender Antti Niemi (29 saves) 10 seconds into the third period.
But Demers scored his second of the season midway through the third period, and Sharp tied it with 4:35 remaining in regulation by redirecting a John Klingberg wrist shot from the high slot past Miller for his second goal of the game and third of the season.
Niemi preserved the tie by stopping Vrbata on a breakaway with 2:11 remaining in the third period.
Dallas had the first 10 shots of the game, but the Canucks' first shot on goal resulted in a penalty shot after Alex Goligoski slashed Burrows on a breakaway at 11:48. Burrows scored on the first successful penalty shot in the NHL this season, firing a wrist shot from the slot that deflected off Niemi's stick and through the five-hole.
Dallas answered at 15:05 when Sharp scored off the rush. Following some crisp passing by Jyrki Jokipakka and Jason Spezza, Sharp fired a wrist shot from the right point that beat Miller through the five-hole.
Vancouver went back in front at 5:38 of the second when Edler beat Niemi far post with a power-play slap shot from the left point that went over the goaltender's glove. It became 3-1 when Vrbata backhanded the rebound of Daniel Sedin's shot past Niemi. The goal matched the fastest conceded at home to start a third period in Stars franchise history. Rick Vaive of the Toronto Maple Leafs scored 10 seconds into the third period against the Minnesota North Stars at Met Center on Feb. 6, 1986.
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