Congrats Duke basketball, you no longer have the most mortifying collapse of the month.
The Vancouver Canucks erased a three-goal lead in the final minute of regulation on Tuesday, then stunned the Dallas Stars in overtime for an unprecedented win. Per the NHL, no team had ever lost after holding a three-goal lead in the final three minutes, let alone one.
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What makes the comeback even more absurd is the Stars entered the third period with a three-goal lead. The Canucks had the deficit cut to a single goal within five minutes, but goals from Mavrik Bourque and Mikael Granlund in the final minutes should have put the game out of reach, theoretically.
Down 5-2, the Canucks got a goal from Aatu Raty with just less than a minute left. Then Pius Suter to cut the deficit to one again. Then Suter scored one more time to stun the American Airlines Center.
