
Dylan Guenther wowed the crowd in his debut with a clutch overtime goal, scored with just tenths of a second left on the clock, en route to a three-point game.
Oh how Utah has missed Dylan Guenther.
With only three seconds remaining in overtime, Dylan Guenther was all the way in the neutral zone and a shootout looked imminent against the Philadelphia Flyers.
But after making a sharp cut to the right, the only person left to stop Guenther was Flyers goalie Samuel Errson, who was having a stellar game with 39 saves, and Father Time himself.
Luckily for Utah, Father Time doesn't scare Guenther one bit.
"I was super tired—dog tired," said Guenther.
Good thing hockey is considered the fastest sport on the planet, because Utah needed every millisecond to pull of this win.
Quite literally, Guenther's shot left his stick with only one second remaining on the shot clock.

Utah was not only fighting to get one last shot before the clock expired, but it also came dangerously close to being called offside after Clayton Keller barely got his foot off the ice when he substituted out. Fortunately, it happened before Guenther crossed the blue line.
"I was waiting for (Clayton Keller) to get off, and saw it go in and then I saw the clock was at zero, so it was just hoping that it got off in time and it did,” said Guenther.
If Keller had waited just half a second longer, Guenther's magnificent return, which saw him score the game-winning goal, wouldn't have counted, and the game would have gone to a shootout.
"Thanks God it was off the ice. That would have been a tough pill [to swallow]," said coach André Tourigny. "[Clayton Keller] told me after 'Almost doesn't count' and I said 'You're right, almost doesn't count.'"

Philadelphia's Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim were both in the vicinity of Guenther's shot, but both looked tired and ready for the shootout period. Because of that, neither of them closed the space enough to make Guenther uncomfortable when he shot the game-winning shot.
Despite being "dog tired" himself, Guenther's last ditch effort to generate enough speed from the neutral zone proved to be all he needed to get past both Konecny and Sanheim.
“It was buzzing. The crowd was buzzing the whole game, even when they announced my name in the starting lineup," said Guenther. "I think that feels really good as a player, and that makes you excited to play. It makes you excited to be here in Utah. The support of the crowd helps us win games. So it's huge.”
Both Mikhail Sergachev and Clayton Keller were credited with assists on the game-winning play.
The Sergachev-Guenther connection was evident all night for Utah, with both players either scoring or assisting on every one of Utah's goals.
First, it was Utah's first goal of the night that saw Guenther rebound a Barrett Hayton shot.
After the puck slid slowly through Sanheim's legs, Guenther quickly gained control of it and passed it to Sergachev, who fired a shot immediately.
With, Sergachev's shot being Utah's 14th goal shot of the game, Utah would still need to endure Philadelphia taking a 2-1 just a minute after Utah's first goal and an additional 20 goal shots in order to tie the game again.
It would have been easy to get frustrated by Errson's outstanding play, as he saved 19 consecutive shots from Utah, including incredible opportunities from Liam O'Brien and Barrett Hayton, along with three power-play chances that resulted in zero points.
Instead, Utah stayed patient and continued working hard on both offense and defense. In fact, while the offense kept generating shots on goal, Utah's defense stifled the Flyers, limiting them to just 10 shots on goal across the second, third and overtime periods. Considering the Flyers had 10 shots on goal in the first period alone, this was an incredible feat by Utah.
Finally, the hard work paid off for Utah in the form of a Guenther goal, his first in over a month and a half.
After faking a pass to Michael Carcone, Guenther quickly fired a shot between two Philadelphia players. His slight hesitation before the shot froze the Flyers just long enough to end his eight-game goal drought.
On the goal, Hayton was credited with his second assist of the night after Guenther's score.
Despite the game being tied and having no momentum on offense, the Flyers wouldn't go out without a fight as it held strong against a relentless Utah offense that tallied 42 shots on goal.
Even with Utah controlling the puck for almost all of overtime, the Flyers defense kept taking shot after shot from Utah. But in the end, Philadelphia would break at the last possible moment when Guenther scored Utah’s goal with under a second remaining on the clock.
Coach's challenge:
A successful challenge by Tourigny in the second period was crucial, as it prevented the Flyers from going up 3-1. On the play that led to what would have been Philadelphia's third goal, it was revealed that Matvei Michkov's left foot had crossed the blue line before the puck was passed to him, resulting in an offside penalty.
Without the challenge by Tourigny, Utah would have been down 3-1 and would have to had to overcome the challenge of scoring on Errson twice. Instead, Utah would only be down 2-1. Soon after that, Utah also would start its onslaught of goal shots.
Spicy Tuna's spicy night:
Aside from getting into his second fight this homestand, Liam O' Brien had a terrific night that saw him generate five shots on goal.

While none of the shots went in the net, O'Brien's performance always provided a great spark for the team as it continued to keep cumulating more and more pressure on the Flyers defense.
“I think there's just so many different plays in a game that creates momentum, whether it's a defensive play, drawing a penalty, big hit," O'Brien said. "Those are important plays. So I think we had a lot of those tonight throughout our whole team.”
Up next for Utah is a three game roadtrip that includes an upcoming rematch against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Feb. 6.
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