Dylan Guenther's power-play goal late in the 3rd period lifts Utah past the Canucks 2-1

Dylan Guenther’s power-play goal late in the 3rd period lifts Utah past the Canucks 2-1

1 of 8 |

Vancouver Canucks left wing Kiefer Sherwood (44) moves the puck against Utah Hockey Club right wing Dylan Guenther (11) the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

2 of 8 |

Utah Hockey Club right wing Dylan Guenther (11) fights for the puck against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

3 of 8 |

Vancouver Canucks center Filip Chytil (72) watches his shot near Utah Hockey Club defensemen John Marino (6) but it is blocked Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka (70) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

4 of 8 |

Vancouver Canucks left wing Drew O’Connor (18) moves the puck against Utah Hockey Club defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

5 of 8 |

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Elias N. Pettersson (25) shoots against the Utah Hockey Club during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

6 of 8 |

Utah Hockey Club defenseman Michael Kesselring (7) fights off Vancouver Canucks left wing Nils Hoglander (21) as he goes for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

7 of 8 |

Vancouver Canucks left wing Nils Hoglander (21) moves the puck against Utah Hockey Club defenseman Ian Cole (28) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

8 of 8 |

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek passes the puck against Utah Hockey Club during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

By ALEX VEJAR

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.

Updated - Test BSP-2636

What to know about the 2024 Election

Democracy: American democracy has overcome big stress tests since the 2020 election. More challenges lie ahead in 2024.
AP’s Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.
Read the latest: Follow AP’s complete coverage of this year’s election.

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 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

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

Utah hosts the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday. Vancouver plays the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday.

___

AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports