Barrett Hayton snapped home the go-ahead goal with 1:32 left to lift the Utah Hockey Club to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks.

Barrett Hayton scored a late game-winning goal to give the host Utah Hockey Club a 2-1 comeback victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday in Salt Lake City.

Alexandar Georgiev made 23 saves, but the Utah Hockey Club defeated the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Friday. Alexandar Georgiev made 23 saves, but the Utah Hockey Club defeated the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Friday. Utah HC got a late third-period goal from Barrett Hayton with 1:32 left. Nick Schmaltz also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka made 18 saves.

Utah gave the Sharks an early 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game, but it would be the only goal Utah allowed as it limited San Jose shot opportunities for the rest of the game.

SAN JOSE — Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves, Marco Rossi and Matt Boldy scored, and the short-handed Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Saturday night.

Utah gets two days off before hosting the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday. The Canadiens have been among the league’s hottest teams the last few weeks, beating teams like the Washington Capitals, the Vancouver Canucks, the Colorado Avalanche, the Vegas Golden Knights, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers.

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Nick Schmaltz knotted things 1-1 for Utah in the middle frame. The forward circled the puck around the zone before choosing his spot and sniping it from the right circle past Sharks’ goaltender Alexander Georgiev at 5:57. It was Schmaltz’s seventh goal and 30th point of the season.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Barrett Hayton scored with 1:32 remaining in regulation to give the Utah Hockey Club a 2-1 win against the San Jose Sharks at Delta Center on Friday. Hayton got his own rebound in the right corner, skated up to the top of the circle, and scored over the glove of Alexandar Georgiev.

Barrett Hayton snapped home the go-ahead goal with 1:32 left to lift the Utah Hockey Club to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. Nick Schmaltz also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka finished with 18 saves.

Aaron Dell loves being back in San Jose for a third time. “It’s great to be back here with the family and everything now, it’s awesome,” the Barracuda netminder, recalled in mid-December, said. “My older boy is old enough to kind of appreciate it now,