ST.LOUIS Sundin scores 2 in Canucks' comeback against Blues

ST. LOUIS — Mats Sundin scored twice and Jannik Hansen's rebound goal with 4:42 to go capped the Vancouver Canucks' rally from a pair of two-goal deficits in a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Andy McDonald had a goal and an assist in his first game back after missing 36 due to a broken left ankle for the Blues, who also got three assists from Patrik Berglund. St. Louis, which had been 6-1-3 in their previous 10 games, missed a chance to escape the Western Conference cellar for the first time since Dec. 13.

The Canucks have won three in a row, outscoring their opponents 17-10, after losing eight straight. Vancouver capitalized on three power plays in a four-goal third period, scoring on one and getting the go-ahead goal six seconds after a tripping call on Barret Jackman expired.

The 37-year-old Sundin has four goals in three games, and has totaled six goals and 10 points in 12 games since signing a free agent deal with Vancouver in December.

The Canucks trailed 2-0 and 3-1 before rallying in the third period to tie it twice. McDonald's seventh goal put the Blues ahead 4-3 at 9:26, before Vancouver finished them off with goals by Alex Burrows, Hansen and Pavol Demitra into an empty net.

The Blues were 2-for-4 on the power play, but had no chances in the third.



Sundin scored both of his goals in the second, tapping in a rebound on a power play after Demitra hit the post, and beating Chris Mason from the left side to cut the deficit to 3-2 at the 8-minute mark. Sundin's second goal came about two minutes after Keith Tkachuk scored on a rebound, hustling to beat a defender to the puck for his 17th of the season.

Steve Wagner and Brad Boyes scored late in the first period to give the Blues an early cushion. McDonald assisted on the first goal, with Wagner stepping up into the left circle before beating Roberto Luongo at 18:27, and Boyes got his 24th with four seconds to go on a power play.

Notes:@ Tuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the death of longtime Blues announcer Dan Kelly, for whom the press box is named. Kelly's son John is the team's TV play-by-play man. ... The Canucks have allowed at least one power-play goal in 13 of 14 games, allowing 20 in that stretch. In the other game, they had to kill only one power play.