O'Connor scores penalty shot goal in overtime to give Canucks 2-1 win over Sharks

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Drew O’Connor scored on a penalty shot 33 seconds into overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 win over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night.

O’Connor was awarded the penalty shot after Sharks rookie Macklin Celebrini was called for hooking.

San Jose trailed 1-0 with when Tyler Toffoli tied it with his 20th goal with just 1:28 left in regulation.

Dakota Joshua scored on a power play midway through the third period to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead.

The Canucks' Thatcher Demko, who was seeking his second straight shutout, had 33 saves.

San Jose's Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves.

The Canucks were without defenseman Quinn Hughes, the team’s points leader, who missed his third game with a lower-body injury.

Tyler Myers and Pius Sutter assisted on Joshua’s tip-in the last second of the power play at 8:04 of the third. It happened after Celebrini was issued a two-minute delay of game penalty.

Canucks: Vancouver beat the Sharks for the 10th time in 11 meetings. The Canucks have won five of their last seven after losing 16 of their previous 23 games (7-10-6).

Sharks: San Jose has lost nine of its last 10 games and is 5-22-1 since Dec. 3.

Toffoli tied it with a wrist shot off an assist from William Eklund.

Vancouver hosts Toronto on Saturday night, and San Jose concludes a three-game homestand Saturday night against Dallas.

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Vancouver Canucks center Filip Chytil (72) skates with the puck past San Jose Sharks center Andrew Poturalski (22) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

San Jose Sharks defenseman Jack Thompson (26) is checked into the boards by Vancouver Canucks left wing Nils Hoglander (21) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

San Jose Sharks defenseman Henry Thrun (3) and Vancouver Canucks right wing Conor Garland (8) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) blocks a shot by San Jose Sharks center Will Smith (2) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser (6) is pushed from behind by San Jose Sharks defenseman Timothy Liljegren (37) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek (41) blocks a shot by Vancouver Canucks center Teddy Blueger (53) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

San Jose Sharks goaltender Vitek Vanecek (41) blocks a shot on goal by Vancouver Canucks left wing Drew O'Connor, left, during the second period of an NHL hockey game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer was provisionally named in India’s squad on Saturday for the home one-day international series against New Zealand starting Jan. 11.

India will host the Black Caps in a white-ball engagement — three ODIs and five T20s — in the build-up to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Iyer returns to the international fold after sustaining a spleen injury during an ODI against Australia in Sydney last October.

His selection is subject to fitness clearance from BCCI’s medical team and he will return as India’s vice-captain for the three-match series.

Skipper Shubman Gill also returns, after he missed the ODI series against South Africa in December. He had a neck spasm in the test series earlier, and subsequently played in the T20s against the Proteas.

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Verma missed out. Gaikwad had scored a maiden ODI hundred against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.

Rishabh Pant is retained as second keeper-batter behind Lokesh Rahul, who had stood in as captain against the Proteas.

Star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had both participated in the domestic List A tournament — Vijay Hazare Trophy — and return to the international stage for the ODIs.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is fit, but not sufficiently enough to bowl 10 overs in an ODI. Thus, he has been rested further ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup (in India and Sri Lanka) starting Feb. 7. Nitish Kumar Reddy is included in the squad.

Pacer Mohammed Siraj returns to lead the bowling lineup with Jasprit Bumrah rested again. Siraj had missed the South Africa series because of workload management.

The three ODIs will be played in Vadodara (Jan. 11), Rajkot (Jan. 14) and Indore (Jan. 18), with the five-match T20 series starting Jan. 21.

Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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FILE - Captain of Punjab Kings Shreyas Iyer addresses a news conference on the eve of the final match of Indian Premier League at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)