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CALGARY -- A third-period spark required, Vancouver Canucks head coach John Tortorella shuffled his forwards and split twin forwards Henrik and Daniel Sedin onto different lines Sunday in Calgary. The move paid dividends as the Canucks scored three goals in the period and Mike Santorelli provided the overtime winner in a 5-4 victory over the Flames. It was the second win for Vancouver (2-1) in as many nights following a 6-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers in their home-opener Saturday. Santorelli deflected a pass from Kevin Bieksa to score at 3:17 in overtime. Trailing 3-1, the Canucks kicked off their third-period comeback with Daniel Sedin assisting on a Jannick Hansen goal at 5:01, followed by Henrik Sedin setting up Santorellis first goal of the game at 9:27. "I know the focus is on the twins, but we split up all the lines," Tortorella said. "We had six body checks and four scoring chances in two periods, so we were dead in the water. Its an easy decision to change things up." Dale Weise put the visitors up 4-3 at 16:06, but Calgarys David Jones tied the game again with 19 seconds remaining in regulation. Canucks backup goaltender Eddie Lack made 32 saves in the first NHL regular-season game of his career. Roberto Luongo had made 21 saves against the Oilers. "I was nervous on the bus ride over here, but as soon as I got into my normal warmup routine and got on the ice, the guys have been really supportive, then it felt like a normal game," said Lack, a 25-year-old Swede. "I know coming in here there was a lot of question marks about me because I havent played a lot. Its important for me to help the team get some points here in the beginning." Mikael Backlund, Sean Monahan and Calgary captain Mark Giordano also scored for the Flames (1-0-2). It was the second goal in three games for 18-year-old Monahan, who was selected sixth overall by Calgary in the 2013 NHL draft. MacDonald stopped 23 shots in his second straight start after picking up the win in Calgarys 4-2 decision over Columbus on Friday. Tortorella lauded Lacks play and that of 24-year-old defenceman Ryan Stanton, who was claimed off waivers a few days ago. Calgary outshot Vancouver 26-14 and out-hit them 14-6 in the first two periods. "I think the guys decided to play for Eddie," Tortorella said. "He gave them a chance to be there and still have an opportunity to win a hockey game where really, we should have been spanked. "Its a good test for our team to win a game like that. Those are some games youre going to have to win during the year. Youre not always going to be perfect and we found a way to win." The Flames have earned four out of a possible six points in their first three games of this NHL season, but have squandered leads in two of those games. "We kind of sat back, we turned the puck over a couple times in the third period and with a team like that, they have a lot of talent," MacDonald said. "The Sedins, thats what they thrive on, they want to get these turnovers and they usually make you pay." With MacDonald pulled for an extra attacker, Jones sent the game into overtime by shovelling the puck in during a goal-mouth scramble at 19:41 of the third. Officials ruled the goal valid after review. Vancouvers Brad Richardson fed Weise with a wrap-around pass to put the Canucks up 4-3 at 16:06. Henrik Sedin pounced on a neutral zone turnover from Calgary and dished to Santorelli who beat MacDonald with a wrist shot to tie the game 3-3. Daniel Sedin corralled a Curtis Glencross giveaway behind the goal-line and fed it to Hansen in the slot to pull the Canucks within a goal. Monahan, from Brampton, Ont., gave Calgary a 3-1 lead at 1:47 of the third. On an odd-man rush, he gained an outside lane, feinted a pass and slipped the puck under Lack. Backlund scored on a breakaway off a T.J. Brodie stretch pass at 11:26 of the second period. He deked Lack and shovelled a backhand by the Vancouver goaltenders outstretched pad. Giordano scored his first goal of the season and team-leading fourth point on a long wrist shot which beat Lack top shelf at 14:32 of the first. Booth earned his 200th career point deflecting a Jason Garrison shot from the blue-line low past MacDonalds stick at 4:47 of the first for a 1-0 Vancouver lead. Calgary hosts the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. The Canucks are at home to the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday. Notes: Singer Corb Lund sang "Blood, Sweat and Water" during the pre-game ceremony in honour of Calgarians efforts after the June floods that destroyed the lower level of the Saddledome . . . Calgary fell to 18-15-7 in home-openers . . . 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Zunino homered for the Mariners, who have lost a franchise-record 13 games in extra innings, including their last six in a row. The Cardinals have won their last four extra-inning games. Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina helped them get there this time, throwing out pinch-runner Endy Chavez and Dustin Ackley when they tried to steal in the ninth. Hisashi Iwakuma allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings for Seattle. Adam Wainwright allowed a run in eight innings. The 16-game winner was hurt only by Zuninos 435-foot homer in the fifth. Seattle second baseman Nick Franklin dropped pinch-hitter Brock Petersons towering pop fly in the eighth for a two-base error that heelped the Cardinals tie it.dddddddddddd. Kozma and stole third on Carpenters full-count walk, then scored on Jays grounder off Charlie Furbush. The Cardinals struggled against Milwaukee pitching the previous series, with Wily Peralta and Marco Estrada both carrying no-hit bids into the sixth. St. Louis also struggled against Iwakuma, and one of the biggest cheers came when the final score was posted for the Pirates 5-4 loss to the Cubs. Zunino had been 4 for 30 in 10 games since coming off the 15-day disabled list from a broken left hand that sidelined him more than a month. He connected for his third homer of the season and first since July 22. NOTES: Iwakuma topped 200 innings for the season in the fourth. ... It was 70 degrees at gametime, a 25-degree drop from two days earlier. ... 2B Carpenter hit his major league-leading 49th double in the third and made the defensive play of the game in the seventh with a sliding stab in the outfield grass and throw to rob Zunino of a hit. ... A pair of rookies get the call on Saturday night, with Michael Wacha (3-0, 2.72) making his seventh career start for the Cardinals and James Paxton (1-0, 1.50) making his second career start for Seattle. ... Former Cardinals 3B Ken Oberkfell threw the ceremonial first pitch. ... Kyle Seager started his 100th consecutive game at 3B, extending his Mariners franchise record. ... Mariners radio rookie play-by-play man Aaron Goldsmith called a game in his hometown for the first time. ' ' '