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. UtahÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Karel Vejmelka finished with 14 saves.
Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver. Arturs Silos had 30 saves. Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter assisted on DeBruskÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s 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
UtahÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s only lead in the game came on GuentherÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s tip of SchmaltzÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s 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 VancouverÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s 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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