Thu 12/29/11 1:21 AM

San Jose Sharks netminder Antti Niemi played very well Wednesday night but took a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Niemi stopped 27 shots and made several formidable saves before the Canucks' Andrew Ebbett deflected a Kevin Bieksa wrister past him for the game winner. Niemi is now 15-7-4 on the season.