The Burnaby Lakers played cat and mouse with the Maple Ridge Burrards before escaping with a single point in Western Lacrosse Association play.
Deflated following its 14-10 loss to the Thunder in Langley midweek, Burnaby had to fight back from a four-goal deficit to tie the winless Burrards 9-9 after a period of overtime at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre on Friday.
Leading 2-0 early in the first period on rookie Casey Jackson's first of a career senior A hat trick, Burnaby then squandered the lead, allowing Maple Ridge six straight goals over the two periods.
Team scoring leader Dane Stevens stopped the bleeding with his first of three goals coming at 17:59 of the second period.
Stevens started the third period, sparking a five-goal Burnaby reply with a goal off a harmless-looking shot off the faceoff. He then tied the game at 6-6 with his 12th goal of the year.
Jackson then put the Lakers into the lead with a heads-up goal on a rebound off the back boards.
Shaun Dhaliwal increased the lead with a shortman goal in transition.
But that lead was also shortlived as Riley Loewen of Burnaby and Jarrett Davis both scored late to knot the game for Maple Ridge, despite a huge save from Lakers' starting keeper Joe Bell off Randy Daly in the 15th minute. Bell stopped 42 shots in goal.
In overtime, Brandon Bertoia gave the Burrards a 9-8 lead on a power-play goal midway through the 10-minute extra-time period.
But, with Bell on the bench for a sixth attacker, Jackson counted his hat-trick goal with less than 30 second on the clock.
But Maple Ridge, got the better on special teams, scoring on four of its six opportunities, while Burnaby's league-worst power play tallied just its 10th of the season on six chances.
Burnaby plays host to the undefeated Victoria Shamrocks at the Copeland centre on Friday. Game time is 7:45 p.m.
