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.

Nick Schmaltz also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka finished with 18 saves ... distance drive past Georgiev late in the third. Sharks: San Jose failed to score multiple goals in a road game ...

It came down to the wire, but the Utah Hockey Club pulled out a win against the San Jose Sharks on Friday — their first regulation home win in nearly two months. The game started with an early goal from Sharks forward Fabian Zetterlund just 58 seconds in when he collected a rebound and made no mistake putting it past Karel Vejmelka for a 1-0 lead.

After Utah put three shots on the Sharks’ following Nick Bjugstad’s faceoff win over Mikael Granlund, Barrett Hayton took control of a loose puck, created some space for himself, and from near the top of the circle, fired a shot that beat Georgiev short side with 1:32 left in regulation time.

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.

Utah Hockey Club goaltender Karel Vejmelka stopped 18 of the 19 shots he faced en route to defeating the San Jose Sharks. Vejmelka's lone blemish came in the opening frame on a wrist shot from Fabian Zetterlund.

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.

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Chris Kreider got the go-ahead goal with 9:38 left and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Thursday night. Reilly Smith tied it 3-all with a short-handed goal 28 seconds into the third period for the Rangers,

Alex Ovechkin's OT goal was his 874th career goal, putting him 20 away away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894.

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Dylan Cozens and Tage Thompson also scored and Jason Zucker had two assists for the Sabres, who won for the third time in four games. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves. Jaccob Slavin and Martin Necas scored and Brent Burns had two assists in the Hurricanes’ second straight loss. Dustin Tokarski made 20 saves.

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