Sharks rally from down 3 late, defeat Utah Hockey Club in OT for 1st win

Sharks rally from down 3 late, defeat Utah Hockey Club in OT for 1st win

Wennberg caps comeback power play at 1:26 for San Jose, which had lost 9 straight

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SALT LAKE CITY — Alex Wennberg scored a power-play goal at 1:26 of overtime for the San Jose Sharks, who rallied from three goals down late in the third period to get their first win of the season, 5-4 against the Utah Hockey Club at Delta Center on Monday.

Mikael Granlund‘s shot from the point caromed off the end glass and back out to the left post, where Wennberg scored past goalie Connor Ingram‘s outstretched right pad.

Granlund had a goal and two assists, Fabian Zetterlund scored twice, and Jake Walman had three assists for the Sharks (1-7-2), who got their first win under coach Ryan Warsofsky. Mackenzie Blackwood made 19 saves.

Matias Maccelli scored his first two goals of the season, and Ian Cole and Vladislav Kolyachonok each had two assists for Utah (4-4-2), which has lost four straight and is 1-4-2 following a 3-0-0 start. Ingram made 41 saves.

Zetterlund scored his second of the game to get San Jose to within 4-2 at 15:28 of the third period. With Blackwood pulled for the extra skater, he skated to the net following a face-off win and redirected in Granlund’s shot from the left point.

Granlund scored 25 seconds later with Blackwood again pulled for the extra skater to cut it to 4-3. He scored with a shot through a screen from the left point following a face-off win by Wennberg.

Tyler Toffoli then tied it 4-4 at 17:18, scoring from the left circle after Walman’s initial shot deflected to him off Wennberg in the slot.

The goal was San Jose’s third with Blackwood pulled for the extra skater.

Dylan Guenther gave Utah a 1-0 lead at 11:00 of the first period, taking a cross-ice pass from Clayton Keller and scoring from the edge of the left circle.

Maccelli made it 2-0 at 16:24. He got inside position on Henry Thrun and knocked in the rebound of Cole’s shot with his backhand.

Zetterlund made it 2-1 at 9:12 of the second period. He skated down the left wing on a rush, cut inside on Kevin Stenlund, and tucked the puck past the left pad of Ingram.

Maccelli pushed it to 3-1 at 10:38, burying another rebound in front off a shot from Cole.

Mikhail Sergachev made it 4-1 at 19:36 with a shot glove side through a screen. It was his first goal with Utah since being acquired in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning on June 29.

San Jose outshot Utah 20-4 in the third period and overtime.