SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) – The Utah Hockey Club is showing a penchant for overtime in its first NHL season.

Michael Kesserling scored 2:46 into overtime to give the Utah Hockey Club a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night.

This was Utah’s fourth overtime game in seven games so far this season.

Vladislav Kolyachonok also scored for Utah to tie the game with 5:09 left in the third period, forcing overtime for the fourth time this season. Connor Ingram finished with 22 saves.

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Cole Koepke scored his third goal of the season for Boston and Jeremy Swayman stopped 30 shots.

After a scoreless first period, Boston took a 1-0 lead on Koepke’s goal with 7:11 left in the second. Koepke ran onto the ice after a Utah turnover and fired a low shot past Ingram to give the Bruins the lead.

Kolyachonok tied the score with his first of the season, charging at Swayman and sending a backhander past the goalkeeper.

A suffocating defense left Boston against one of the league’s most potent offenses for much of the game. Utah had an edge in shots on goal but struggled to generate clean looks amid the heavy traffic around the net.

Sloppy passing and sloppy finishing robbed Utah of the goal scorer that was a trademark late in the early season.

Kesserling’s goal in overtime sparked an unlikely comeback after Utah hadn’t scored in nearly 55 minutes.

Utah next hosts Ottawa on Tuesday.

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