The last time Utah HC lost 3-2 in overtime was when Sidney Crosby scored the game winning goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The problem? That game happened just two days ago. 

Once again, Utah (21-21-9) held a third-period lead, and just like in its game against Pittsburgh, the team found itself losing another 3-2 overtime game at home. Curiously, this marked the Blue Jackets' (26-19-7) following a 2-1 win against the Golden Knights and a 3-2 home win against the Los Angeles Kings. 

This time, it was Columbus defenseman Zach Werenski scoring his 17th goal of the season that gave Utah its fourth consecutive loss.  

Werenski also was the one who created the breakaway for Columbus in the first place, stealing the puck from Utah's Barrett Hayton. With no one behind Hayton to defend for Utah, Werenski and teammate Cole Sillinger were off to the races, passing the puck back and forth  before Werenski scored the goal.  

This is the second night in a row that Sillinger and Werenski have been involved in the game-winning goal, with Sillinger scoring the game-winner in Vegas just the day before this game.

“We didn't play great in the first two. It felt like we were slow," said Werenski. "We chose to just keep digging and keep playing. The guys stepped up and made a couple of nice plays. Some flukey goals but we'll take it.”

One of those flukey goals came when Utah was up 2-0 and full of offensive momentum. But the tide turned in favor of the Blue Jackets after a Columbus's Kirill Marchenko shot pinballed off a couple Utah players before finding its way into the net. 

The reality of the situation is that both Utah's Ian Cole and Michael Kesselring essentially scored the goal for the Blue Jackets. Both players took turns touching the puck right in front of their goalie, Karel Vejmelka, before it was shot backward into the net for the Blue Jackets first goal.

Soon after that, the Blue Jackets were back in Utah's end, scoring another third-period goal after Vejmelka was unable to complete a save on a James van Riemsdyk shot.

Originally, it looked as though Vejmelka had possession of the puck. Instead, it bounced off his facemask, and once again, the Blue Jackets found itself scoring in an unusual way, this time with Columbus forward Kent Johnson using the body of Utah's Nick DeSimone to push the puck into the net.

"A game like this, when you're fighting, those are the goals that we needed to score," said Blue Jackets head coach Dean Evason. 

Previous to the 3-0 run Columbus went on, Utah looked dominant on defense and was consistently generating consistent pressure on offense. Utah had all the momentum.

It was Alexander Kerfoot, starting on the first line in place of an injured Logan Cooley, who kept the momentum going for Utah by scoring its second goal in the opening minute of the third.

Right after Utah won the power play, Clayton Keller passed out to John Marino and he immediately took the shot. While the shot didn't go in, Kerfoot was right there to pick up the rebound and score. 

It was the second such goal for Utah, after Nick Schmaltz scored a power play goal in the opening minute of the second. 

But despite being up 2-0 and finishing the game with a 33-23 advantage in shots on goal, a 37-23 edge in faceoffs won and being the only team to capitalize on its power play, Utah was unable to maintain its strong play in the third.

In the end, Columbus goalie Daniil Tarasov’s 31 saves, along with persistent play from the defense, kept the Blue Jackets in the game. Once Utah began to show cracks and make mistakes, Columbus was ready to capitalize.

"60 minutes, they're going to have a push. I thought they pushed hard in the third and they made it harder on us. It's frustrating, for sure," said Keller. "Just got to keep going, learn from it, having confidence, believe you can make the play in the third." 

On the season, Utah has a league-low eight wins at home and is tied with the Vancouver Canucks for the most overtime losses in the league, with six.

With two more home games ahead against the Blues and the Flyers, Utah will look to find ways to win, hopefully by keeping its lead in the third period or by securing a victory in overtime.

What do you make of Utah's two overtime losses? Is it a matter of bad luck or is there something Utah needs to fix? Let me know what you think down below.