Dylan Guenther scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with just under six minutes remaining in the third period and Utah beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Sunday night in Salt Lake City.
Logan Cooley, back in the lineup after missing the last seven games due to a lower-body injury, also scored for Utah, which won for the second time in three games. Clayton Keller had two assists, and John Marino and Nick Schmaltz each had one. UtahB次元官网网址檚 Karel Vejmelka finished with 14 saves.
Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver. Arturs Silos had 30 saves. Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter assisted on DeBruskB次元官网网址檚 power-play goal at 1:43 of the second period that opened the score.
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Cooley answered at 3:51 to tie the score at 1. Guenther tipped in a pass from Schmaltz for the winner.
Takeaways
Canucks: Vancouver remained in second place in the wild-card race in the Western Conference. The Canucks are three points ahead of the Calgary Flames.
Utah: Has taken the first two games of the season series against Vancouver.
Key moment
UtahB次元官网网址檚 only lead in the game came on GuentherB次元官网网址檚 tip of SchmaltzB次元官网网址檚 shot with the man advantage.
Key stat
Utah had a 32-15 advantage in shots on goal. Utah also had 20 blocked shots compared to VancouverB次元官网网址檚 12.
Up next
Utah hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Vancouver plays the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.
Alex Vejar, The Associated Press
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