SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Clayton Keller scored a power-play goal with 43.8 seconds remaining and the Utah Hockey Club rallied to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Saturday night.

Michael Carcone tied it midway through the third and then Utah won it during 4-on-3 play shortly after Cody Ceci was called for high-sticking.

Utah won the faceoff and Keller got the puck in the slot and beat Vitek Vanecek for his 10th goal of the season.

Dylan Guenther and Nick Schmaltz also scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 saves.

Fabian Zetterlund gave San Jose a 3-2 lead early in the third period on the power play but the Sharks couldn’t close it out. Alexander Wennberg and Mikael Granlund also scored for San Jose. Vanecek made 36 saves.

Takeaways

Utah: Utah has won four of five games and has points in all five thanks to the comeback win.

Sharks: San Jose returned home following a 3-3 road trip and had a lead early in the third period but couldn’t close it out. The Sharks have lost four of five games.

Key moment

Utah forward Kevin Stenlund sent San Jose rookie Macklin Celebrini into the boards with a hit from behind in the second period that didn’t lead to a penalty to the ire of the Sharks. Celebrini was able to stay in the game. Stenlund tripped Celebrini in a preseason game that sent him into the boards in a crash that injured Celebrini’s ankle.

Key stat

Celebrini assisted on Zetterlund’s goal and has 20 points in his first 21 career games. The other other 18-year olds in the last 30 seasons to do that are Sidney Crosby (25 points), Ryan Nugent Hopkins (22) and Patrick Kane (22).

Up next

Utah hosts Vancouver on Wednesday night while the Sharks host Winnipeg on Tuesday night.

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VERMILLION, S.D. — The Wyoming Cowgirls took care of business against South Dakota with a great performance on both ends of the court Sunday, cruising to a 79-45 win.

The Cowgirls started the game by hitting each of their first two 3-point attempts to take an early lead. After an Emily Mellema three-point play, UW held an early 9-3 advantage.

Wyoming soon got up by double digits to lead 14-3, though the hot start was far from done Following a timeout, the lead got up to as many as 14 before South Dakota somewhat found its footing. The Cowgirls led 18-7 at the end of the opening quarter.

Mellema opened the second with back-to-back 3-pointers and the Wyoming lead surged to 24-9 with eight minutes left in the half, forcing a Coyote timeout. UW went up by 18 before USD started to find its range and cut the score down to 31-18.

However, the Cowgirls responded after that, continuing the hot shooting from the outside with back-to-back 3-pointers, going back up 37-18 with under two to play in the half. The lead ballooned from there, to 41-18 at the half.

The third quarter began with more hot outside shooting and strong defense from the Cowgirls as they built up a 55-20 advantage to open the half.

USD trimmed the lead down to 55-26 before Wyoming had yet another answer in the game. The Cowgirls closed the third on a 12-0 run and led 67-26 after three.

In the fourth, UW emptied the bench and played mostly just subs in the quarter. USD would outscore the Cowgirls in the frame to make the final score a bit more respectable.

Wyoming hit a season-best 14 3-pointers in the victory and shot nearly 54% from beyond the arc. South Dakota shot just 25.4% for the game.

Allyson Fertig led all scorers with 17 points in the win and was just one rebound shy of a second straight double-double. Tess Barnes, Mellema and Ola Ustowska all added 12 each and combined to shoot 11-for-15 from 3-point range.

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