By Canadian Press

Guenther’s third-period power-play goal lifts Utah past the Canucks 2-1

Feb 23, 2025 | 9:22 PM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 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.

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. Utah’s Karel Vejmelka finished with 14 saves.

Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver. Arturs Silos had 30 saves. Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter assisted on DeBrusk’s power-play goal at 1:43 of the second period that opened the score.

Cooley answered at 3:51 to tie the game at 1-1. 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 one point ahead of the Calgary Flames, who beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Sunday.

Utah: Has taken the first two games of the season series against Vancouver.

KEY MOMENT

Utah’s only lead in the game came on Guenther’s tip of Schmaltz’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 Vancouver’s 12.

UP NEXT

Canucks: Visit the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.

Utah Hockey Club: Hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday.

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Alex Vejar, The Associated Press