Daniel Sedin, Mattias Ohlund and Steve Bernier scored Sunday for Vancouver, which took a three-game lead over St. Louis in the playoffs, edging the Blues 3-2. The Canucks will try to sweep the best-of-seven series and move on to the Western Conference semifinals in Game 4 Tuesday in St.

Mattias Ohlund scored a pair of goals Tuesday that gave the Vancouver Canucks a 4-1 win over Calgary and lifted them into a first-place tie with the Flames. Roberto Luongo shined with 46 saves in goal for Vancouver as the two teams ended the night atop the Northwest Division with 96 points, although Calgary owns the tie-breaker. The Flames had their hands full in Vancouver as they lost their third game in their last five outings.

Alex Burrows beat Cam Ward with a backhander with 1:22 to go Tuesday and his shorthanded goal lifted Vancouver to a 4-3 win over Carolina. Burrows came up with the game-winner while teammate Mattias Ohlund was in the penalty box for a restraining minor.

J.P. Dumont scored the tie-breaking goal 2:01 into the third period Wednesday, highlighting a rally that gave Nashville a 5-3 victory over Vancouver. The Canucks lost their seventh straight game, having not won since defeating Edmonton Jan.

Alex Burrows scored twice Wednesday, leading the Vancouver Canucks' 6-3 win over the New York Rangers. He scored in the first and second periods. Four others scored once, while Mattias Ohlund had three assists, and Taylor Pyatt and Jannik Hansen two assists apiece. Goalie Roberto Luongo surrendered three goals on 42 shots for the Canucks, who ave won six of their last eight road games against the Rangers. New York got goals from Chris Drury, Aaron Voros and Ryan Callahan (power play).