Wild manages late tie, defeats Utah in shootout

Wild manages late tie, defeats Utah in shootout

Clayton Keller scored two goals and Karel Vejmelka made 34 saves for Utah (12-11-5), which has picked up a point in six of its last seven games (4-1-2).

“It’s a tough game, they’re a good team,” Utah coach Andre Tourigny said. “We may feel like we are not as energetic as we normally are. I think it was huge to have that setback towards the end of the game, even though the boys were tired. Unfortunately we were unable to complete the deal.”

Kevin Stenlund gave Utah a 1-0 lead at 13:46 of the first period by knocking down a one-time five-hole shot from Gustavsson off a pass from Michael Carcone.

Utah appeared to extend the lead at 8:24 of the second period on a shot by Dylan Guenther, but Minnesota contested the play for offside and the decision was reversed after a video review.

Khusnutdinov tied the score at 1-1 at 2:25 p.m., beating Vejmelka’s blocking team in a breakaway after intercepting a blind pass from Mikhail Sergachev at the blue defensive line.

Kaprizov scored 36 seconds later to give the Wild a 2-1 lead. His shot trickled past Vejmelka on another breakaway after Johansson pushed the puck away from Olli Maatta.

Keller evened the score at 2-2 with a power play goal at 4:42 of the third period, beating Gustavsson’s glove team with a wrist shot from the right circle.

Johansson answered for Minnesota and made it 3-2 after 5:39. Vejmelka thought he had the puck covered, but it trickled behind him and Johansson threw it in before Maatta could help his goalie.

“I feel like we have all four lines,” Johansson said. “Everyone shops and everyone does the work, so it’s fun to see.”

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