Utah 2, Boston 1
When: 9:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 19, 2024
Where: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Referees:
Ghislain Hebert, Corey Syvret
Linesmen:
Devin Berg, Dan Kelly
Attendance:
11131
By Field Level Media
Michael Kesselring buried a snap shot from the top of the right circle at 2:46 of overtime as the Utah Hockey Club came from behind to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.
Kesselring, who played collegiately at Northeastern University in Boston, took a cross-ice feed from Logan Cooley and beat Boston goaltender Jeremy Swayman under the crossbar for the winning tally. It came only four seconds after the Bruins made their fourth penalty kill.
Vladislav Kolyachonok also scored and Connor Ingram made 22 saves for Utah, which has played overtime in four of its past five games (3-1-1).
Ingram is the first goaltender in NHL history with a season-opening five-game point streak with a team playing its inaugural season.
Cole Koepke scored the lone goal for Boston, his career-high third and sixth point in six games. Swayman made 30 stops in the loss. Utah had a 32-23 advantage in shots.
Koepke scored the opening goal at 12:49 of the second period. Brad Marchand picked up the carom off Brandon Carlo's block in Boston's own zone and tapped a pass to Koepke, who sped up the right wing and beat Ingram five-hole.
Swayman used his glove to save Cooley's backhand shot halfway through the third before Kolyachonok walked in and scored his own backhander high on Swayman to even the score with just 5:09 left.
Ingram saved Marchand's snapper early on the Bruins' first power play in the opening period. Utah failed to capitalize on multiple turnovers, while Swayman made a key stop on Lawson Crouse's one-timer from the right circle with 6:40 to play.
Less than a minute after Koepke's goal, Kesselring hit the left post on a short-handed rush.
Kailer Yamamoto banged in the rebound off Alexander Kerfoot's shot at the doorstep with more than 13 minutes left in regulation, but a successful Boston challenge deemed the play offside.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Boston |
|
Utah |
|
Cole Koepke 1 |
Points |
Michael Kesselring 1 |
|
Cole Koepke 1 |
Goals |
Michael Kesselring 1 |
|
Brad Marchand 1 |
Assists |
Logan Cooley 1 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Jeremy Swayman .938 |
Save Percentage |
Connor Ingram .955 |
|
Jeremy Swayman 30 |
Saves |
Connor Ingram 21 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Boston
|
22 |
1 |
0-3 |
4-4 |
10 |
23 |
| Utah
|
32 |
2 |
0-4 |
3-3 |
8 |
26 |
Upcoming Games
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Utah will play their next game at home against Ottawa. The Hockey Club have a W/L % of .750 after a win and .500 after a loss.
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Boston will play their next game on the road against Nashville. The Bruins have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .667 after a loss.
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