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VANCOUVER Adidas Elias Lindholm Jersey , British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson’s teammates couldn’t quite find the words to describe how the rookie played on Friday night.The 19-year-old had two goals and three assists, scoring the tying goal in the final minute of regulation and then setting up Derrick Pouliot’s winner late in overtime to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 7-6 win over the Colorado Avalanche.“Wow,” Vancouver’s Bo Horvat said when asked about Pettersson’s performance.The Swedish center downplayed what was perhaps his most impressive play of the night — a jaw-dropping bank pass that sent the puck off the end boards right on the tape of Brock Boeser’s stick, setting the right wing up for a go-ahead goal early in the second period.“I was just trying to make a play and it worked out,” said Pettersson, who’s now the youngest player in Canucks history to have at least five points in a regular-season game.The play was simply the latest in a string of highlight-reel worthy moves that earned the teen the NHL’s rookie of the month nod for October.Canucks coach Travis Green said he wasn’t sure how to describe the way Pettersson has played through nine NHL games.“We knew he was supposed to be a pretty good player. And he’s been all of that,” he said.Petterson’s second goal of the night tied the score with 36 seconds remaining in regulation — the game’s sixth tie — just 1:01 after Nathan MacKinnon second of the game gave the Avalanche a 6-5 lead.“I got goosebumps when we tied the game late,” Pettersson said.Pouliot then took a pass from Pouliot on the right side of the goal and sent a shot that hit the crossbar and deflected off defenseman Gabriel Bourque and in with 22 seconds left on the clock in overtime.Boeser scored twice, and Loui Eriksson and Markus Granlund had the other goals for Vancouver in a game neither team lead by more than one goal. Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 shots.Sheldon Dries, Ian Cole, Alexander Kerfoot and Nikita Zadorov also scored for Colorado Adidas Tyler Graovac Jersey , and NHL points leader Mikko Rantanen had three assists. Philipp Grubauer finished with 30 saves.The Avalanche completed an 0-2-1 road trip, losing each game by one goal — including a 6-5 defeat at Calgary on Thursday night after giving up a 4-1 lead.“It’s been a weird seven periods,” Grubauer said. “It wasn’t the best road trip, to be sure. We’ll need to keep working, if we’re smart as a team we’ll learn from this road trip, learn from our mistakes.”Green had no complaints after the Canucks’ third straight win.“Wow. What a night. Seems like a lot of ups and downs. That was a fun game to coach,” he said. “That was a hell of a win.”Zadorov gave Colorado a 5-4 lead 1:30 into the third period with first of the season.Granlund responded for the Canucks on a power play just past the midpoint of the period. Vancouver right wing Nikolay Goldobin struggled to hang on to the puck in front of the net, but found a way to dish it to Granlund, who popped it in past Grubauer.The teams combined for seven goals in the second period, with Dries starting the flurry 1:38 in as he redirected a shot from Kerfoot into the net to tie the score 1-1.Boeser got his second of the night at 5:18 on that nifty pass from Pettersson to put Vancouver back ahead. Just 50 seconds, Cole tied it as he wound up from the blue line and put a shot in the top right corner of the net.Eriksson put Vancouver ahead 3-2 at 8:47 Adidas Noah Hanifin Jersey , settling a bouncing puck and popping it past Grubauer for his first. MacKinnon tied things up again less than two minutes later, scoring off a give-and-go with Rantanen.Kerfoot gave Colorado its first lead with 7:24 left in the middle period, splitting the Vancouver defense and firing a wrist shot past Markstrom.Pettersson tied it 4-4 as he scooped up a rebound at the top of the crease and poked it in with about 2 1/2 minutes left in the period.Boeser got the Canucks on the board just 58 seconds into the game after Pettersson slid him a long pass across the ice. The right wing got the puck on his tape and flipped a shot past Grubauer.NOTES: Four players tallied their first goals of the season on Friday. Zadorov and Cole for the Avs, and Eriksson and Pouliot for the Canucks. … Pettersson now has nine goals and six assists in nine games. He’s the 16th player in the league to score nine or more goals through the first nine games of his career, and just the sixth to complete the feat outside of the league’s inaugural season.UP NEXTAvalanche: Host Nashville on Wednesday night.Canucks: Visit Detroit on Tuesday night to open a six-game trip. HELSINKI (AP) — Roberto Luongo was just happy to finally be back on the ice for the Florida Panthers.“It’s just nice to be back part of the team,” Luongo said. “It’s never fun to be on the sideline watching the game. I put in a lot of work and I’m happy I was able to play a game.”Returning from a knee injury that sidelined him since the season opener, the 39-year-old Luongo stopped 32 shots to help Florida beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Friday night for a two-game split in the Finnish capital.“That was huge for us,” Florida coach Bob Boughner said. “Watching him play so composed after being off for a month, he is a big reason why we won the game tonight.”Luongo was hurt Oct. 6 against Tampa Bay.Luongo stopped all 17 shots in the final period as the Jets pressed.“He gives us a lot of confidence and he’s telling us what to do, talks a lot on the ice and off the ice,” said captain Aleksander Barkov Adidas Alan Quine Jersey , who is Finnish.Keith Yandle and Evgeni Dadonov had a goal and an assist each for the Panthers. Mike Hoffman and Frank Vatrano also scored a goal apiece and Jonathan Huberdeau added two assists. The Panthers overcame an early 2-1 deficit for their first regulation victory and third overall win in the first 11 games.“Our start wasn’t very good, actually it was pretty awful, our start,” Boughner said. “They tested him (Luongo) early and he was really good and I think that gave us time to get feet underneath of us and start rolling a little bit. That’s what good goalies do, they make the saves at the right time.”Coming off a hat trick Thursday night in Winnipeg’s 4-2 victory, Finnish star Patrik Laine scored again In front of a capacity crowd of 13,500 at Hartwall Arena. Nikolaj Ehlers also connected, and captain Blake Wheeler had two assists.“Overall, it’s been an unreal trip,” Laine said. “I’m going to remember every second that we spent here for the rest of my life. The atmosphere at the ring was unreal for the both games. It was a pleasure to play in front of the Finnish fans, friends and family.”Yandle broke a tie on a power play with 26 seconds left in the second period Adidas Dougie Hamilton Jersey , driving a slap shot past goalie Connor HellebuyckHoffman tied it on a power play at 4:59 of the second.Vatrano scored off a turnover midway through the third.NOTES: The games were part of the NHL Global Series. It was the 25th NHL regular season game played on the European continent, and the seventh in Finland. In October, New Jersey beat Edmonton Gothenburg, Sweden. Commissioner Gary Bettman said the NHL is planning to play a season-opening game in Prague and another two games in Stockholm next season. … Laine, who had 44 goals last season, had three goals in 12 games this season before adding four in the two games in Helsinki. … Hoffman has a point in each of the past nine games.UP NEXTPanthers: Open a three-game homestead against Edmonton on Thursday night.Jets: Open a four-game homestead against Colorado on Friday night.