Conor Garland scored the winner in a shootout, lifting the visiting Vancouver Canucks to a key 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday.

Pius Suter, Jake DeBrusk and centre Elias ̨ÍåMMÂãÁÄÊÒ also scored in regulation for Vancouver. Jonathan Huberdeau had a pair of goals for the Flames, with Nazem Kadri adding the other Calgary goal. Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves to pick up the win in goal, with Dustin Wolf making 28 stops in a losing cause.

With the victory, the Canucks (30-24-11) moved into a tie with the Flames (30-23-11) in the battle for the final wildcard spot in the NHL’s Western Conference. The Flames have a game in hand.

CONOR GARLAND.
SHOOTOUT WINNER.
GAME OVER.

— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks)

Vancouver opened the scoring just over 13 minutes into the first period, when Suter knocked a rebound of his own blocked shot off a defender and past Wolf for his 17th goal of the year.

Kadri pulled the Flames even with his 23rd goal of the season at 17:53, taking a nice pass from Rasmus Andersson and deking out Lankinen.

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The Canucks regained the lead midway through the second period, when DeBrusk tipped in a point shot from captain Quinn Hughes (returning from a lengthy absence due to injury) on the power play for his 23rd of the year. The lead was short-lived as Huberdeau tied things up at 13:58 with a shorthanded marker and two minutes later tallied again on the power play.

He fired a shot high to the short side above Lankinen’s shoulder, and it took some time before the other players on the ice realized the puck was in the net. Huberdeau now has 24 goals on the season.

At the 13:16 mark of the third, ̨ÍåMMÂãÁÄÊÒ converted a rebound off a point shot for his 14th of the year and third in his last four games.

Wolf made big saves off ̨ÍåMMÂãÁÄÊÒ and Conor Garland in overtime to send the game to the shootout.

NOTES: Vancouver defenceman Elias ̨ÍåMMÂãÁÄÊÒ played just four minutes before leaving with an injury after being elbowed in the head by Calgary’s Connor Zary… Hughes played nearly 30 minutes for Vancouver… The Canucks begin a three-game homestand Saturday (7 p.m.) against the Chicago Blackhawks, while the Flames host the Colorado Avalanche on Friday.