Clayton Keller scored a power-play goal with 43.8 seconds left and the Utah Hockey Club rallied to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Saturday night.
Michael Carcone tied the score midway through the third, then Utah won the score on 4-on-3 play shortly after Cody Ceci was called for high-sticking.
Utah won the faceoff and Keller got the puck in the slot to beat Vitek Vanecek for his 10th goal of the season.
Dylan Guenther and Nick Schmaltz also scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves.
Fabian Zetterlund gave San Jose a 3-2 lead on the power play early in the third period, but the Sharks couldn’t close the lead. Alexander Wennberg and Mikael Granlund also scored for San Jose. Vanecek made 36 saves.
Utah: Utah has won four of five games and has points in all five thanks to the comeback win.
Sharks: San Jose returned home after a 3-3 road trip and had a lead early in the third period but couldn’t close it out. The Sharks have lost four of five games.
Utah forward Kevin Stenlund sent San Jose rookie Macklin Celebrini into the backboard with a goal from behind in the second period that, to the ire of the Sharks, did not result in a penalty. Celebrini was able to stay in the match. Stenlund tripped Celebrini in a preseason game, sending him into the boards in a crash that injured Celebrini’s ankle.
Celebrini assisted on Zetterlund’s goal and has 20 points in his first 21 career games. The other 18-year-olds over the past 30 seasons to do so are Sidney Crosby (25 points), Ryan Nugent Hopkins (22) and Patrick Kane (22).
Utah hosts Vancouver on Wednesday night, while the Sharks host Winnipeg on Tuesday night.
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