The Boston Bruins won’t remember their first visit to the Utah Hockey Club.

The Bruins coughed up a one-goal lead in the third period and then watched Michael Kesselring fire a shot past Jeremy Swayman to lift Utah to a 2-1 overtime victory Saturday night at the Delta Center.

The Bruins were complicit in the loss, as turnovers were by far their biggest problem – and a recurring theme in their three losses this season. Boston recorded 22 giveaways on the season, allowing Utah to steal a win from the Bruins.

“We never felt like we were in control of the game,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery told NESN’s Andy Brickley, as seen in the post-game coverage. “We turned the puck over too much and our puck support, until about five minutes before we gave up the tying goal, was actually the best we’ve ever played with puck support and puck possession.”

Morgan Geeke, returning to the lineup after being a healthy scratch against the Colorado Avalanche, recorded a team-high four turnovers. David Pastnrak, Matthew Poitras and Mason Lohrei weren’t far behind with three giveaways each.

The Bruins certainly needed better puck possession, especially against a skilled team like Utah. Turning the puck over fueled Utah as the Bruins tried to catch up to their opponent’s high speed.

“It’s really about smarter puck play,” Bruins captain Marchand told reporters, as seen in NESN’s post-game coverage. “We turned over a lot of pucks at the blue lines or in the neutral zone and they reloaded and came at us with speed. I think if we made stronger plays against the wall and deployed it deep and played behind them, let their skills play low, it would limit that a little bit. But we didn’t do well enough with that.”

The good news is that the Bruins can use the loss to Utah as a learning experience and put it to good use when they face faster teams in the future. It was a hard lesson to learn and prevented Boston from securing two points, but the Bruins aren’t going to dwell on it.

“We’ll watch a movie (Sunday). We have already moved on,” Swayman told reporters, as seen in NESN’s postgame coverage. “We’ll take the positives and move on. That is what is special about our group. So on to the next one.”

Here are more notes from Saturday’s Bruins-Utah Hockey Club game:

– How many people would have had Cole Koepke as Boston’s second leading scorer through six games? Probably no one. The Bruins newcomer scored his third goal of the season in the second period as he beat Connor Ingram through the five-hole. Koepke scored just one goal in 26 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning over the past two seasons.

“Me and (Marchand got) a little break and he beat one of their guys and got like a first touch on me,” Koepke told reporters about his goal, as seen on NESN’s postgame coverage. “I just went one-on-one. I knew Marchy was coming on his down stick side, so I just tried to get his other side and let him go in like he did, or hopefully a rebound would pop out of his side.

— Nikita Zadorov fills in the stats, but not in the way the Bruins had hoped. The 6-foot-1, 248-pound defenseman committed another penalty against Utah, giving him at least one penalty in each of Boston’s first six games. Zadorov scored four goals for the team in the defeat.

— Swayman did almost everything he could to lead the Bruins to a win. He came through with 30 saves, including a few highlight reels, and his effort did not go unnoticed by Montgomery.

“Jeremy Swayman was our best player tonight,” Montgomery told Brickley. “I thought he was very sharp, I thought he read plays and he gave us a chance to try to win in overtime.”

— The Bruins conclude their three-game road trip against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. Puck drop from Bridgestone Arena is scheduled for 8:45 PM ET, and you can watch the game, plus an hour of pregame coverage, on NESN.