St. Louis unable to hold two-goal leads

ST. LOUIS -- Mats Sundin scored twice and Jannik Hansen's rebound goal with 4:42 to go capped the Vancouver Canucks' rally from a pair of two-goal deficits in a 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.

Andy McDonald had a goal and an assist in his first game back after missing 36 due to a broken left ankle for the Blues, who also got three assists from Patrik Berglund. St. Louis, which had been 6-1-3 in its previous 10 games, missed a chance to escape the Western Conference cellar for the first time since Dec. 13.

The Canucks have won three in a row, outscoring their opponents 17-10, after losing eight straight. Vancouver capitalized on three power plays in a four-goal third period, scoring on one and getting the go-ahead goal 6 seconds after a tripping call on Barret Jackman expired.

The 37-year-old Sundin has four goals in three games, and has totaled six goals and 10 points in 12 games since signing a free agent deal with Vancouver in December.

The Canucks trailed 2-0 and 3-1 before rallying in the third period to tie it twice. McDonald's seventh goal put the Blues ahead 4-3 at 9:26, before Vancouver finished them off with goals by Alex Burrows, Hansen and Pavol Demitra into an empty net.

The Blues were 2 of 4 on the power play, but had no chances in the third.

Sundin scored both of his goals in the second, tapping in a rebound on a power play after Demitra hit the post, and beating Chris Mason from the left side to cut the deficit to 3-2 at the 8-minute mark. Sundin's second goal came about two minutes after Keith Tkachuk scored on a rebound, hustling to beat a defender to the puck for his 17th of the season.

Steve Wagner and Brad Boyes scored late in the first period to give the Blues an early cushion.