SALT LAKE CITY — Clayton Keller had a goal and three assists as the Utah Hockey Club beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Saturday night.
Logan Cooley had a goal and two assists, and Michael Kesselring and Nick Schmaltz also scored to help Utah snap a three-game losing streak with just its second win in seven games (2-4-1). Connor Ingram stopped 22 shots.
Tyler Tucker and Jake Neighbours scored for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington had 29 saves.
Tucker put St. Louis on the board first 2:05 into the game, snapping in a long-distance goal when Oskar Sundqvist flipped the puck out to him after winning a faceoff.
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Utah then scored three goals in 4 1/2 minutes to seize a 3-1 lead midway through the period.
Kesselring tied it on a power play at 6:06, Schmaltz got the go-ahead goal from close range at 8:25, and Keller made it a two-goal lead as he turned and snapped home the puck with 9:29 remaing.
Neighbors pulled the Blues within one on a power0play goal 1:32 seconds into the second, and Cooley snapped the puck down the middle to extend Utah’s lead again with 9:18 left in the period.
Utah Hockey Club center Nick Schmaltz (8) and center Logan Cooley (92) fight for the puck against St. Louis Blues center Robert Thomas (18) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Salt Lake City. Credit: AP/Melissa Majchrzak
Takeaways
Blues: St. Louis has won twice in 21 games when trailing after two periods.
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Utah: Keller earned three points (one goal, two assists) in the first, marking the fourth time in his NHL career he’s earned at least three points in a period.
Key moment
Utah’s three-goal blitz in the first provided enough of a cushion to secure the team’s seventh home victory of the season.
Key stat
Utah generated 13 shots on goal and three goals over the first 11 minutes of the game.
Utah Hockey Club defensemen John Marino (6) moves the puck against the St. Louis Blues during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Salt Lake City. Credit: AP/Melissa Majchrzak
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Blues visit Vegas on Monday, and Utah hosts Winnipeg.
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Like many utilities in the Trump era, Rocky Mountain Power is pulling back on its renewable energy plans. But more than a dozen Utah communities are taking matters into their own hands.
About 300,000 homes and businesses will soon be part of a novel, bottom-up program to bring new clean power to the state’s fossil-fuel-heavy grid. The Utah Renewable Communities initiative allows city and county governments to offset their electricity use with 100 percent renewable power, backed by a $4 monthly bill surcharge.
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Midvale is set to vote Tuesday on whether to join 15 other communities that have signed up ahead of an enrollment deadline next week. Three other eligible communities have opted out, although one may reconsider.
