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

Vancouver Canucks vs. Utah Hockey Club: Game Highlights

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 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.

Regular Season Series

UTAH leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 1:43 Jake DeBrusk Goal (21) Snap Shot, assists: Elias Pettersson (24), Pius Suter (12)
Goal 2nd Period 3:51 Logan Cooley Goal (16) Tip-In, assists: John Marino (6), Clayton Keller (42)
Goal 3rd Period 14:07 Dylan Guenther Goal (21) Tip-In, assists: Nick Schmaltz (33), Clayton Keller (43)

Statistics

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12 Blocked Shots 20
25 Hits 19
0 Takeaways 3
16 Shots 32
1 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 4
25.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
30 Faceoffs Won 26
53.6 Faceoff Win Percent 46.4
15 Giveaways 19
5 Total Penalties 5
10 Penalty Minutes 10
Utah Hockey Club Utah Hockey Club Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nate Schmidt, D Day-To-Day Mar 22
Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Thatcher Demko, G Injured Reserve Mar 3
Jonathan Lekkerimaki, RW Out Feb 27
Filip Chytil, C Injured Reserve Feb 25
Derek Forbort, D Injured Reserve Oct 28

Game Information

Delta Center

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 11,131 | Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Anaheim 39 27 82 4
Vegas 32 25 78 14
Edmonton 34 28 77 9
Los Angeles 28 25 73 17
Seattle 31 29 71 9
San Jose 32 30 70 6
Calgary 29 34 65 7
Vancouver 21 40 50 8

2025-26 Central Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Colorado 46 13 102 10
Dallas 43 16 97 11
Minnesota 40 19 92 12
Utah 37 28 80 6
Nashville 33 28 75 9
Winnipeg 29 29 70 12
St. Louis 28 30 67 11
Chicago 26 31 65 13
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