Edmonton battled back twice and still lost because they took a penalty in overtime β Utah didn't win this game, Edmonton gave it away.
Utah held a 3-1 lead entering the third, surrendered it, and still won β because Edmonton handed them a power play in overtime and Keller punished it 33 seconds in. This was an NHL game decided by penalty discipline, not talent.
β‘TURNING POINT
Keller's power-play goal 33 seconds into overtime ended the game before Edmonton could reestablish even footing β the penalty removed Edmonton's ability to compete on equal terms at the most leveraged moment of the contest. A team that clawed back from two goals down gave the win away with a stick infraction.
πWHY UTA WON
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Utah converted the only thing that mattered: an overtime power play, with Keller finishing in 33 seconds to deny Edmonton any response.
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Schmaltz's shorthanded goal at 19:24 of the second period was a momentum-reversing two-goal swing β it erased Edmonton's 4-3 lead and flipped the frame entirely heading into the third.
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Utah generated 31 shots to Edmonton's 26 and posted five takeaways against only two for Edmonton, sustaining offensive pressure across regulation.
πWHY EDM LOST
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Edmonton committed a penalty in overtime β in a one-goal format, surrendering a power play is a near-fatal execution failure.
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Fourteen giveaways against Utah's five created chronic transition exposure that Utah's forwards repeatedly exploited in the second period.
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Jarry conceded 2.90 goals above average on 31 shots β in a six-goal game decided by one, that margin was the deficit Edmonton could never fully overcome.
Three Stars
Clayton Keller1st
UTA, R
1G 1A 2P1 PPG3 SOG19:35 TOI
His overtime power-play finish was the game's terminal event, and his first-period assist established Utah's opening structure.
Nick Schmaltz2nd
UTA, C
2G 0A 2P4 SOG19:23 TOI
Both goals came in high-leverage moments β the second a shorthanded goal that directly reversed Edmonton's lead late in the second period.
Alexander Kerfoot3rd
UTA, C
1G 1A 2P+117:04 TOI
His third-period equalizer forced overtime, and his assist on the Schmaltz shorty made him a factor at both ends of the critical second-period sequence.
