Guenther nets pair of goals, Utah beats Minnesota 2-1 for season-high 4th straight win

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Dylan Guenther scored his second goal of the game midway through the third period and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Friday night.

Guenther beat Marc-Andre Fleury five seconds into a power play for the go-ahead goal.

Karel Vejmelka made 28 saves for Utah, which won its season-high fourth straight game and seventh straight road game, extending its league record for most consecutive road wins by a franchise in its inaugural season.

Mats Zuccarello had the Minnesota goal, and the Wild have lost four of five and have been outscored 19-9 in that span. Fleury finished with 16 saves.

Zuccarello completed a three-person passing play with Kirill Kaprizov and Marco Rossi for a 1-0 Minnesota lead midway through the first period, but Guenther scored his first a minute later.

Utah: Utah was 1 for 3 on the power play. In its past 13 games, Utah has scored 13 power-play goals on 36 tries, including eight goals in the last six outings.

Wild: Injury-plagued Minnesota had Brock Faber in the lineup after he was struck in the side of the neck by a shot during Wednesday’s 6-1 loss to the Panthers. He went to the hospital to be evaluated and said it now feels like he has a bad case of strep throat.

Utah appeared to go up 2-1 midway through the second period on a rebound goal by Jack McBain, but Minnesota successfully challenged that there was goaltender interference by Kevin Stenlund.

Wild right wing Ryan Hartman doesn't have a point in his past 14 games and doesn't have a goal in 16 games. He has four goals and three assists in 28 games this season after recording 21 goals and 24 assists in 74 games last season.

Utah opens a three-game homestand Sunday against Anaheim. Minnesota is at Winnipeg Saturday.

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