VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This Hockey Night in Canada matchup between the Rangers and Canucks exploded in the third period and needed overtime to decide the winner.

K’Andre Miller ultimately scored with 1:12 left in the extra period to secure a 4-3 win for the Rangers and extend their winning streak to four straight games Saturday night at Rogers Arena.

A Rangers four-minute power play, earned after Mika Zibanejad bled from a high stick he took to the face in the third period, jump-started a flurry of action in the final minutes of regulation.

The Blueshirts ultimately scored twice in the span of less than a minute, one from Adam Fox during a five-on-three advantage and the other from Zibanejad for his first goal of the season, but not before the home team scored a shorthanded goal off the stick of Tyler Myer to take their first lead of the night at 2-1.

As had been the case all game, however, the Rangers gifted Vancouver another power play when Filip Chytil was sent to the box for closing his hand on the puck.

Carson Soucy capitalized for the Canucks with a hard slap shot just after the penalty had expired to force overtime.

Head coach Peter Laviolette has noted that the Rangers have spent a bit too much time in their own end at times this season, particularly in situations when they have the lead.

Such was the case Saturday night. Carrying a 1-0 lead into the second period, the Rangers found themselves on their heels while the Canucks pinned them in their own zone and created opportunities to test goalie Igor Shesterkin.

The Rangers simply cut the Canucks a break on the second night of their back-to-back schedule, giving the home team six total power-play opportunities, as well as some extended possession time.

The middle frame was one of the Rangers’ sloppiest 20 minutes of the season thus far, but the Canucks were able to notch just one goal from former Blueshirt J.T. Miller, who tipped one in on the power play to knot the game at one-all.

Though the Rangers have fallen victim to some extended shifts in the defensive zone this season, the team has shown an unrelenting commitment to blocking shots and using their sticks to disrupt as much as possible.

The Rangers finished with 18 blocks in the win, with Nick Bonino leading the way with five.

The Blueshirts won the special teams battle in the first period, in which the visitors not only scored a power-play goal but also fended off both of the Canucks’ man-advantage opportunities.

With power-play goals in seven of their first eight games, the Rangers’ eight total tallies with the man advantage is tied for the fifth most in the NHL.

Artemi Panarin extended his point streak to eight games with his power-play goal during a five-on-three stretch in the first period, when the Russian wing wristed the puck through some traffic to put the Rangers on the board.

The 31-year-old now has 11 points (four goals, seven assists) in eight contests so far this season.