National Hockey League
San Jose 5, Utah 4
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, October 28, 2024
Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Referees: Tom Chmielewski, Mitch Dunning
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, Joe Mahon
Attendance: 11131

Alexander Wennberg scored the overtime winner as the San Jose Sharks erased a three-goal third-period deficit to edge the Utah Hockey Club 5-4 on Monday in Salt Lake City.

Fabian Zetterlund scored twice, Mikael Granlund had a goal and two assists and Wennberg and Tyler Toffoli each had a goal and an assist for San Jose, which won for the first time this season (1-7-2). Jake Walman had three assists, and Sharks goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves.

Matias Maccelli scored a pair, and Dylan Guenther and Mikhail Sergachev scored for Utah, which has lost four straight (0-3-1). Vladislav Kolyachonok and Ian Cole each notched two assists, and Connor Ingram stopped 40 shots in the loss.

Wennberg picked up a rebound off the end boards and beat Ingram for his first of the season on a power play at 1:26 of overtime.

San Jose scored three times in the span of 1:50 in the third period to tie it 3-3.

Zetterlund tipped a Granlund shot past Ingram for his second of the night and fifth of the season at 15:28.

Then, at 15:53, Granlund got his point shot through a screened Ingram for his fifth of the season.

Toffoli tied it 3-3 at 17:18, picking up the rebound off Walman's shot and beating Ingram for his fifth.

The Sharks trailed 2-0 before Zetterlund scored at 9:12 of the second period. He powered past two Utah players and tucked the puck in short-side on Ingram.

The hosts responded 1:26 later, as Maccelli picked up the rebound off Cole's point shot and put a backhander past Blackwood for his second of the season.

Sergachev made it 4-1 with 24 seconds remaining in the second, beating a screened Blackwood with a wrist shot from the point for his first of the season.

Utah outshot San Jose 11-9 in the opening period and led 2-0 at the first intermission.

Guenther opened the scoring at 11:00, snapping a shot off the post and in past Blackwood's blocker side for his team-leading sixth of the season.

Maccelli doubled Utah's lead, backhanding the rebound off Nick Schmaltz's shot past Blackwood for his first of the season at 16:24 of the first.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
San Jose   Utah
Mikael Granlund 3 Points Matias Maccelli 2
Fabian Zetterlund 2 Goals Matias Maccelli 2
Jake Walman 3 Assists Ian Cole 2
Alexander Wennberg 1 Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Mackenzie Blackwood .826 Save Percentage Connor Ingram .891
Mackenzie Blackwood 19 Saves Connor Ingram 41
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
San Jose 46 5 1-4 2-2 9 33
Utah 23 4 0-2 3-4 13 39
Upcoming Games
  • Utah will play their next game at home against Calgary. The Hockey Club have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .200 after a loss.
  • San Jose will play their next game at home against Los Angeles. The Sharks have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .111 after a loss.