"If Tim Tebow played hockey here, he'd play a lot of games like Kevin Bieksa did Saturday.

A mess for most of the game, he was miraculous to end it.

Officially, they called it a block. But it will be remembered as one of the saves of the year.

Bieksa's Superman dive across the ice kept a TJ Galiardi backhand from going into an empty Canucks' net with 47 seconds left. Twelve seconds later, at the other end, one of Bieksa's most consistent teammates, the stanchion, set him up for the improbable tying goal.

"I'm nice to the stanchion," said Bieksa, who slayed the San Jose Sharks with a similar goal in the playoffs. "I go over in warmup and give it a little love tap with my right shoulder and my left shoulder.

"Honest to God. It's not the reason but I'm getting some good bounces off them, so I'll keep doing what I'm doing."

It was Erik Johnson's clearing attempt which ricocheted off the stanchion and right to Bieksa. The Canucks piggybacked on the play to win 3-2 in a shootout during which Roberto Luongo didn't give up a goal."