Plenty of back-and-forth action between the Sharks and Utah in the Sharks’ first of a three-game homestand, but a last-minute go-ahead goal gave the Utah Hockey Club a 4-3 win.
Utah got things going in the opening period via Dylan Guenther to put the Hockey Club on the board first, while the Sharks responded a bit later on Alex Wennberg’s eighth goal of the season, with assists from Barclay Goodrow and Cody Ceci.
The second period featured Kevin Stenlund laying a dangerous hit on Macklin Celebrini, resulting in no penalty call. Luckily Celebrini was okay, but that could have been a complete disaster. Late in the third period, Mikael Granlund scored his 11th goal of the season to put the Sharks ahead 2-1, with assists from Fabian Zetterlund and William Eklund. Soon after, Utah responded on their power play via Nick Schmaltz to get the game tied once more.
Early in the third period, on the Sharks man advantage, Fabian Zetterlund scored his tenth goal of the season to regain the lead for Team Teal. Nikolai Kovalenko and Macklin Celebrini each recorded assists on the Zetterlund power play goal, with the latter now at 20 points in his rookie campaign. Soon after, Utah has another response, with Michael Carcone scoring to tie it up at three. Lastly, with 43.8 seconds remaining in regulation, Clayton Keller scores a last-minute power play goal that would stand as the game-winner for the Utah Hockey Club.
Vitek Vanecek was back in net for San Jose, registering 36 saves on 40 shots against. In addition, Will Smith is back in the Sharks lineup, while Klim Kostin is out due to injury.
This was a feisty battle between these two teams, and the Sharks fought hard until the very end, but it was just a matter of tough luck that didn’t go their way. Team Teal’s current homestand continues on Tuesday, when they host the Winnipeg Jets at 7:30 pm PT.
Sources: Sharks Audio Network, Curtis Pashelka via X, NHL App
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