LANGLEY, British Columbia (Interstat) — Ryan Lin scored 26 seconds into overtime to lift the Vancouver Giants to a 4-3 Western Hockey League victory over the Tri-City Americans on Friday night at Langley Events Centre.

Lin, a defenseman from Richmond, British Columbia, netted two goals and added an assist to pace the Giants before a crowd of 3,504. His winner capped a back-and-forth contest after the Americans erased a two-goal deficit.

Vancouver led 2-0 after the first period on Lin’s two goals. Tri-City’s Savin Virk scored in the second before Vancouver’s Lance McCloskey answered. The Americans surged ahead with third-period goals from Jakub Vanecek and Carter Kingerski, but Vancouver’s Mathis Preston forced overtime with a late tying goal, setting up Lin’s heroics.

The Giants improved to 17-24. The Americans fell to 20-18.