Vancouver 3, Minnesota 2 (OT)

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 2 (UPI) -- Brent Sopel scored a power-play goal 15:52 into overtime after fellow defenseman Ed Jovanovski's game-tying tally late in the third period Friday night, giving the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild and a three games to one lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.

With Minnesota holding a 2-1 lead, Jovanovski deflected Sopel's one-timer from just above the left faceoff circle past goaltender Manny Fernandez with 2:06 remaining in the third to draw the Canucks even.

In overtime, Wild defenseman Filip Kuba was given a double-minor penalty for high-sticking Todd Bertuzzi and Vancouver made Minnesota pay.

From nearly the same spot, Sopel one-timed a pass from captain Markus Naslund past a screened Fernandez for his second goal of the postseason and the Canucks' 12th postseason tally with the man advantage.

Marian Gaborik scored both goals for Minnesota, which will begin its bid for a second straight series comeback when down three games to one in Game 5 on Monday in Vancouver.