Guenther beat Marc-Andre Fleury five seconds into a power play for the go-ahead goal.

Karel Vejmelka made 28 saves for Utah, which won its season-high fourth straight game and seventh straight road game, extending its league record for most consecutive road wins by a franchise in its inaugural season.

Mats Zuccarello had the Minnesota goal, and the Wild have lost four of five and have been outscored 19-9 in that span. Fleury finished with 16 saves.

Zuccarello completed a three-person passing play with Kirill Kaprizov and Marco Rossi for a 1-0 Minnesota lead midway through the first period, but Guenther scored his first a minute later.

Takeaways

Utah: Utah was 1 for 3 on the power play. In its past 13 games, Utah has scored 13 power-play goals on 36 tries, including eight goals in the last six outings.

Wild: Injury-plagued Minnesota had Brock Faber in the lineup after he was struck in the side of the neck by a shot during Wednesday’s 6-1 loss to the Panthers. He went to the hospital to be evaluated and said it now feels like he has a bad case of strep throat.

Key moment

Utah appeared to go up 2-1 midway through the second period on a rebound goal by Jack McBain, but Minnesota successfully challenged that there was goaltender interference by Kevin Stenlund.

Key stat

Wild right wing Ryan Hartman doesn’t have a point in his past 14 games and doesn’t have a goal in 16 games. He has four goals and three assists in 28 games this season after recording 21 goals and 24 assists in 74 games last season.

Up next

Utah opens a three-game homestand Sunday against Anaheim. Minnesota is at Winnipeg Saturday.

NHL ROUNDUP

CAPITALS 3, HURRICANES 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Aliaksei Protas and Connor McMichael each scored in the final minute of a period, Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves and Washington beat Carolina to end its losing streak at two.

Lindgren was at his best in the second period, most notably a windmill save on Tyson Jost less than a minute after Pyotr Kochetkov made back-to-back stops on quality scoring chances. Kochetkov was great early when the pressure was on and stopped 19 of the 22 shots he faced.

Jakub Vrana also scored for the Capitals, who improved to 10-4-2 at home. Seth Jarvis ended Lindgren’s shutout bid with 9:38 left, but the Hurricanes’ winning streak also ended at two.

MAPLE LEAFS 6, SABRES 3

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Matt Murray made 25 saves in his first NHL start in nearly 21 months, and Toronto beat Buffalo to extend their skid to 0-9-3.

Third-liners Max Domi, Bobby McMann and Nicholas Robertson had a goal and assist each, and the Atlantic Division-leading Maple Leafs won their fifth in six outings. Auston Matthews, Max Pacioretty and William Nylander also scored.

Murray started after being recalled from the minors earlier in the day, and with Anthony Stolarz to miss four to six weeks after having knee surgery.

A two-time Stanley Cup-winner with Pittsburgh, Murray missed a majority of last season after having bilateral hip surgery. His last start was in Toronto’s 5-3 loss at Carolina on March 25, 2023.

Buffalo’s JJ Peterka, Mattias Samuelsson and Owen Power had a goal and assist each. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped nine shots and was pulled when Domi made it 4-1 by converting a 2-on-1 break 4:27 into the second period. James Reimer mopped up allowing a goal on 15 shots.

CANADIENS 4, RED WINGS 3

DETROIT (AP) — Patrik Laine scored a power-play goal with 7:58 remaining to lead Montreal past Detroit.

Laine’s shot from the left side broke defenseman Moritz Seider’s stick and got past goaltender Cam Talbot’s glove.

Jake Evans scored a short-handed goal and added an assist in his 300th career game. Emil Heineman also had a goal and an assist, while Arber Xhekaj scored his first goal of the season. Sam Montembeault made 25 saves.

Patrick Kane, Joe Veleno and Tyler Motte scored for Detroit, and Michael Rasmussen had two assists. Talbot stopped 29 shots.

The teams will match up again, this time in Montreal, on Saturday.

PANTHERS 2, BLUES 1, OT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov scored a power-play goal with 18 seconds left in overtime, giving Florida a win over St. Louis.

Oskar Sundqvist got his third goal of the season for St. Louis, coming midway through the first period. Uvis Balinskis got his first of the season for Florida, with Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk assisting midway through the second.

It stayed that way until the 65th minute, when Barkov ended it with his 10th goal of the season.

Joel Hofer stopped 25 shots for the Blues. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots for Florida.

RANGERS 3, STARS 1

DALLAS (AP) — Igor Shesterkin stopped 41 shots, including 23 on seven successful penalty kills, and struggling New York beat Dallas to end a three-game losing streak.

The Rangers also scored on their penalty kill, Reilly Smith’s short-handed goal tying the score midway through the first period. Vincent Trocheck scored the tiebreaking goal and Chris Kreider added an empty-netter late in the third period.

Roope Hintz scored for the Stars, who completed a season-high six-game homestand at 3-3-0. Jake Oettinger stopped 27 shots making his eighth consecutive start.

New York won for the fourth time in 18 games after allowing the first goal.

Eight of Shesterkin’s saves came during a five-minute elbowing penalty against Matt Rempe midway through the third period.

AVALANCHE 4, DUCKS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cale Makar had a power-play goal and an assist, Parker Kelly scored short-handed and Colorado capitalized on special teams to get a win over Anaheim.

Nathan MacKinnon had an empty-net goal and two assists, Valeri Nichushkin also scored and the Avalanche picked up where they left off after scoring twice on the power play in a 4-2 win at San Jose on Thursday night. Scott Wedgewood made 29 saves.

Kelly tied it at 1 on a 2-on-1 short-handed rush in the second, and Nichushkin put Colorado ahead midway through the period. Makar made it 3-1 with a wrist shot early in the third, picking up his fifth power-play goal and 18th point with a man advantage.

Leo Carlsson and Alex Killorn scored for Anaheim. John Gibson made 19 saves, including a penalty shot by Samuel Girard with 5:24 left in the third, but lost for the fifth time in six starts.

NBA ROUNDUP

CAVALIERS 124, BUCKS 101

CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Darius Garland added 16 and Cleveland moved to 15-1 at home with a win over Milwaukee, which played for the first time since winning the NBA Cup.

Cleveland is 3-0 this season against Milwaukee, which was without All-Star guard Damian Lillard because of a strained calf.

Evan Mobley scored 15 and Cleveland made 20 3-pointers while pushing its league-best record to 24-4.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points and 14 rebounds for the Bucks, who may need a couple more days to shake off their collective hangover after winning the Cup on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

With Lillard sidelined, the Bucks were missing their second-best player and 25.7 points per game. Milwaukee’s starting guards — Andre Jackson Jr. and AJ Green — shot a combined 0 of 9.

76ERS 108, HORNETS 98

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 34 points and nine assists after missing a game because of a sinus fracture, helping Philadelphia beat Charlotte.

Wearing a protective ” Phantom of the Opera ” mask, Embiid was introduced to a roaring ovation.

Embiid scored 22 points in the first three quarters to lead the 76ers to their fourth win in five games. Philadelphia is still well under .500 at 9-16 but a recent hot streak has it at least within striking distance of a play-in tournament berth.

Embiid has been ravaged by injuries this season and has only played in seven games, mostly due to knee soreness.

Vasilije Micic led the Hornets with 20 points. They lost their fourth straight game and have lost for the 12th time in 13 games.

THUNDER 104, HEAT 97

MIAMI (AP) — Jalen Williams scored a season-high 33 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 25 and Oklahoma City beat Miami for their seventh straight victory.

Lu Dort scored 14 points and Isaiah Hartenstein had 13 points and 18 rebounds for the Thunder, who improved to 22-5 — the second-best record in the NBA and tops in the Western Conference.

Oklahoma City’s winning streak is alive because the NBA Cup final — a loss Tuesday night to Milwaukee in Las Vegas — doesn’t count as a regular-season game.

Tyler Herro had 28 points and 12 rebounds for Miami, which got 17 points and 10 rebounds from Bam Adebayo.

The Heat lost Jimmy Butler to illness in the first quarter and briefly lost Adebayo in the third quarter when he got elbowed over an eye by teammate Jaime Jaquez Jr. Adebayo needed seven stitches but returned.