On a road trip that looked capable of knocking them out, the Vancouver Canucks spent most of the first two games on the ropes.

But the Canucks have shown during their injury crisis that they can take a punch, and Sunday in Tampa they shook the cement from their boots in the third period and stunned the Lightning with a 6-2 victory that gives Vancouver three out of four road points so far.

After just one shot in the first period and seven in the first two, the Canucks overwhelmed the Lightning in the final period with five straight goals, the first three over a span of 100 seconds to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead.

As the Canucks flew across the Everglades post-game for Monday’s finale against the Florida Panthers, the trip suddenly seems capable of rejuvenating a team that needed a

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