SAN JOSE, Calif. – Call him Captain Clutch.

With 43 seconds left in regulation, Utah captain Clayton Keller skated into the slot and sent a quick wrister into the net to help Utah to a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday at SAP Center.

“I just tried to be patient,” Keller said. “I’m always looking for (Dylan Guenther) too. And I think I just had some patience and was able to kind of push a shot from a low blocker there and it’s nice to see it go in.”

This game win was the exclamation point for a strong third period in which the Hockey Club flipped the script a little against the Sharks. In late October, San Jose stunned Utah with three late goals to secure the win at the Delta Center.

On Saturday, Utah got its revenge.

Utah forward Michael Carcone tied the game midway through the third period, and then Utah won the game on Kessler’s sharpshooter on a four-on-three power play.

“I didn’t like a lot of things in the first two periods of the game, but I think we showed ourselves in the third period,” said head coach André Tourigny. “We kept our noses over the puck, won battles, moved the puck, went to the net — we attacked from different directions and different angles, so we were harder to handle.”

After giving up a power play goal to Fabian Zetterlund five minutes into the third period and falling behind 3-2, Utah was relentless in the offensive zone. The team outscored San Jose 17-3 in the final 20 minutes, looking for an equalizer and later a winner.

With just over 10 minutes left in the game, Kevin Stenlund found Carcone on the doorstep for an easy shot goal. Stenlund appeared to have an opportunity for a shot of his own, but his patience paid off when Carcone burst in front of an open net.

“I was just trying to lose myself,” said Carcone, who has five points in the last seven games. “I was hoping he would see me. I couldn’t really jump around or hit my stick, but he has good vision. I know he wanted to shoot the puck, but it was a good pass.”

This ultimately set the stage for Keller’s heroics. Regulation was already prepared to end with a four-on-four skate after a 10-man skirmish resulted in Jack McBain and Jan Rutta being sent to the penalty box. Utah was given a golden opportunity when San Jose’s Cody Ceci was called for high sticking, giving Utah a late power play.

And Keller took full advantage with his 10th goal of the season.

“He wants to make a difference,” Tourigny said. “Right now our power play is on, and he’s a big part of it.”

The team as a whole is also running. Utah has won four of its last five games and is now just 2 points out of a playoff spot. Saturday’s win was a game Utah probably could have lost a few weeks ago; Instead, the team figures out how to win.

“Yeah, I think it shows the character of our team,” Carcone said of the dismal finish. “You have to find ugly ways to win sometimes. That’s what the best teams do and we’re bringing ourselves into that conversation.”

So what has changed since the defeat against San Jose six weeks ago?

“I think early in the season we had too tight a grip on our sticks or somehow didn’t play offense,” Carcone said. “Now I think we’re a confident group that’s trying to stick it to them a little bit.”

It worked. Utah extended its point streak to five games (4-0-1) and has now won six on the road.

Nick Schmaltz had a goal and an assist, and Logan Cooley and Mikhail Sergachev each had two assists for the Hockey Club. Günther scored his team-leading 13th goal in the first half.