Ladd leads Blackhawks to comeback victory

Andrew Ladd tipped in teammate Dave Bolland’s long shot less than three minutes into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 comeback victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night, tying the Western Conference semifinal at 2-2.

Game 5 is Saturday night in Vancouver.

Martin Havlat tied the score at 1-1 with 2:44 left in regulation after it looked as if Roberto Luongo was going to shut out the Blackhawks.

Ladd shoveled the puck off the boards, and Havlat’s wrist shot from the between circles beat Luongo high.

In overtime, Bolland chased down the puck along the boards and fired a shot from beyond the right circle. Ladd was in front of Luongo and tipped it in at 2:52.

Ladd’s winning goal came after the Canucks had two point-blank shots to score but were turned away by Nikolai Khabibulin.

In the closing seconds of regulation with the score tied, Bolland had a breakaway before Vancouver’s Alexander Edler caught up to him, hit his stick from behind and then forced him away from the net.

Luongo finished with 26 saves, and Khabibulin made 14.